Winter Exercise Routines for Your Old Cars: Do Not Neglect This If You Can

[cawimmer430]

Interesting video which applies to any car, old or new. I've been watching this guy's channel for a few days now and I like his videos and passion for MB. Great technical (DIY) advice etc.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ1xVJrrVz0

[VTEC_Inside]

Not particularly necessary IMO. My RSX stays parked for 2-3months at a time to avoid the worst of the salt they throw down here over the winter and all I do is hook it up to a battery tender.

The first time I fire it up after that I make sure I will actually be driving it. I take it easy the first little bit to get the rust off the brakes, get all the fluids up to temp, etc... but then its fair game. Never had a single issue with it.

The RSX is nothing special, but its relatively new. I wouldn't expect any issue doing the same with anything built in the last 20yrs IF its been otherwise taken care of. Vintage autos and other specialty vehicles are another story. I have a buddy that works at a high end repair shop and he just told me about an XJ220 that came in with seized fuel pumps(plural?), and that its the second time he will have changed them after it sat for 2 years.

[cawimmer430]

Not particularly necessary IMO. My RSX stays parked for 2-3months at a time to avoid the worst of the salt they throw down here over the winter and all I do is hook it up to a battery tender.

The first time I fire it up after that I make sure I will actually be driving it. I take it easy the first little bit to get the rust off the brakes, get all the fluids up to temp, etc... but then its fair game. Never had a single issue with it.

The RSX is nothing special, but its relatively new. I wouldn't expect any issue doing the same with anything built in the last 20yrs IF its been otherwise taken care of. Vintage autos and other specialty vehicles are another story. I have a buddy that works at a high end repair shop and he just told me about an XJ220 that came in with seized fuel pumps(plural?), and that its the second time he will have changed them after it sat for 2 years.

It might be different for newer cars. 

I'm definitely forwarding this video to my dad. Might come in useful for his '89 500SL.

[giant_mtb]

Use it or lose it.

[93JC]

I have a buddy that works at a high end repair shop and he just told me about an XJ220 that came in with seized fuel pumps(plural?)

lol, wouldn't surprise me if those things have two pumps. One for each cylinder bank, I bet.

[Laconian]

It's turbo, so an LPFP and an HPFP?

[Soup DeVille]

I would more likely suspect two fuel tanks for packaging reasons.

[CALL_911]

Not particularly necessary IMO. My RSX stays parked for 2-3months at a time to avoid the worst of the salt they throw down here over the winter and all I do is hook it up to a battery tender.

The first time I fire it up after that I make sure I will actually be driving it. I take it easy the first little bit to get the rust off the brakes, get all the fluids up to temp, etc... but then its fair game. Never had a single issue with it.

The RSX is nothing special, but its relatively new. I wouldn't expect any issue doing the same with anything built in the last 20yrs IF its been otherwise taken care of. Vintage autos and other specialty vehicles are another story. I have a buddy that works at a high end repair shop and he just told me about an XJ220 that came in with seized fuel pumps(plural?), and that its the second time he will have changed them after it sat for 2 years.

S2000's been parked since November without a battery tender. I wonder how it'll go in a few weeks when I bring it out of hibernation

[MrH]

S2000's been parked since November without a battery tender. I wonder how it'll go in a few weeks when I bring it out of hibernation

Should probably just burn it down. It's dead.

[VTEC_Inside]

S2000's been parked since November without a battery tender. I wonder how it'll go in a few weeks when I bring it out of hibernation

I think the longest the RSX sat without a battery tender was 2months. It did fire right up anyway, but as the battery got older it needed a little help. Now I just plug it in if its not likely to move for more than a couple weeks. I have a quick connect for the trickle charger attached to the battery so it only takes a couple min to run the extension cord and plug it in.

[giant_mtb]

I stored A4 for a whole winter (5 months) without disconnecting the battery. Fired right up in the spring.  I think I started it up and let it warm up once during storage.  That car had its stock battery through the day I sold it, some 4 (5?) years later.  The first winter I stored it, I disconnected the battery.  Didn't do so the next.