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Old 3 May 2001, 15:15 (Ref:88356)   #3
Ray Bell
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Re: How to store a car!?

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Originally posted by Diabando
I had great plans to fully detail and clean it up, disconnect the battery, and pop it under a cover in the garage, but now I am hearing horror stories about everything drying up (engine, transmission etc) and the car being unusable if left too long without being driven.
Disconnecting the battery would be nice, but the battery needs a bit of use to keep in alive too. Can you hook up a little light to the battery to run it down a bit for a few days, then put it on trickle charge to bring it back up, make that a regular cycle if you're not using the car for over about two weeks.

Other than that, for extended periods you should start it up once a month or so, I'd say, always checking water level, and make sure the tyres don't go down. Over six months I'd say take the load off the tyres if possible.
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