Long Term Storage

[Mike W]

For those of you who don't know, I will be returning to school next month full time to get my MBA. I am fortunate enough to be able to keep the 911, but I won't 1) be able to keep it with me and 2) be able to afford service and insurance.

So the car is being parked in my parents garage and left there until I can afford to care for it. I realize that I will need to do a number of tune-up items and fix a bit when it is time for restart, but what should I do to ensure proper storage of the car? What fluids should be changed, etc?

I hate doing this, but the only other option is to sell it and I certainly don't want to do that.

[Trak Ratt]

Drain gas, run a cleaner through the EFI, change oil and filter, adjust valves put on jack stands (but not all weight off tyres), flush brakes lines, back the pads off a little, pull the floor mats out, pull the battery out :)

Edit: write it all down and put the paper in the glove box ;)

[Dr K]

Why not have one of us keep of for you, drive it occasionally, keep the fluids up, etc. Any of us would make sure the car is happy and "drive it as it was built to be driven." I, personally, would do this for you without charge... ;)

Peter

[Lucky]

Put fresh oil in the engine and some gas stabilizer in the tank. Keep the battery charged (with a tender). And, most importantly, have your mom or dad start it up once a month.

As long as you can get someone to run the engine to fully warmed up on a regular basis (once a month or so) you won't need to do anything special.

[Trak Ratt]

Why not have one of us keep of for you, drive it occasionally, keep the fluids up, etc. Any of us would make sure the car is happy and "drive it as it was built to be driven." I, personally, would do this for you without charge... ;)

Peter:shock: Not me! I was expecting him to offer it to me for a "good" price just to get rid of that lump :cool:

[dweymer]

I could also care for it, an outside parking space here is $40 a month and I could exercise it when directed, ONLY when directed!

D

[Red911]

You'll want to put clean oil into the motor. Don't save the old oil cause you can't use it again later. I would put some moth balls and vinegar and ammonia in the car to keep away the animals and moths. Also I heard you should close the heater tubes so mice don't go inside of there.

[Trak Ratt]

You'll want to put clean oil into the motor. Don't save the old oil cause you can't use it again later. I would put some moth balls and vinegar and ammonia in the car to keep away the animals and moths. Also I heard you should close the heater tubes so mice don't go inside of there.Give the old oil to Jazz, don't close the heater tubes (leave the heater off) the heater boxes have a flapper valve that will actually keep the rats out. Turning the heater to on opens the flapper and they get in from the heat exchangers.

[Mike W]

I could also care for it, an outside parking space here is $40 a month and I could exercise it when directed, ONLY when directed!

D

Ugh, only $40 a month. I'm going to be paying $180 a month to park the Saab... and that's only b/c I'm a resident of the building. It would be closer to $400 if I wasn't.

[Mike W]

Drain gas, run a cleaner through the EFI, change oil and filter, adjust valves put on jack stands (but not all weight off tyres), flush brakes lines, back the pads off a little, pull the floor mats out, pull the battery out :)

Edit: write it all down and put the paper in the glove box ;)

Put fresh oil in the engine and some gas stabilizer in the tank. Keep the battery charged (with a tender). And, most importantly, have your mom or dad start it up once a month.

As long as you can get someone to run the engine to fully warmed up on a regular basis (once a month or so) you won't need to do anything special.

So which is the prefered method? I can do either.

This provided interesting info but I'm storing for longer than a season http://www.porschenet.com/winter.html

[Lucky]

So which is the prefered method? I can do either.

This provided interesting info but I'm storing for longer than a season http://www.porschenet.com/winter.html

Flip a coin. Both approaches are viable. I'm in the lack-of-use-ruins-engines camp, so I would go the start it regularly route. But when prepared properly for storage, an engine is just fine after 6 months or more of no use.

I own a couple of boats and go through a Winter storage procedure (similar to what DR and that link describe) at the end of the season and have never had any issues come Spring. But I can't run the boats over the Winter. Cars, on the other hand, can be started and driven on nice weather days... so I prefer that.

[Cliff Claven]

since it's better to store the car with new oil as opposed to used oil, seems to make more sense that you don't want to keep starting it up, running the motor and turning the new oil into used oil.

[Dr K]

Ugh, only $40 a month. I'm going to be paying $180 a month to park the Saab... and that's only b/c I'm a resident of the building. It would be closer to $400 if I wasn't.Is that in Manhattan??? Even $400/month would be a steal!

[Elfer]

I think you should sell it to me at a reasonable price and then buy it back when you get out of school.

[Lupin..the..3rd]

An old racer's trick I once heard, is to put peanut butter in the airbox, and also in the trunk near the fuses. Helps prevent chemical breakdown and oxidation. Or something like that.

[Fritz]

An old racer's trick I once heard, is to put peanut butter in the airbox, and also in the trunk near the fuses. Helps prevent chemical breakdown and oxidation. Or something like that.

That sounds like a call to all varmints to make your air box their home. The peanut butter on the fuses will teach them a nice lesson in electrocution when they need a snack. ;)

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[Rick V]

Well Mike the 71 is leaving tonight so it just happens that I have an enclosed storage with nothing in it. I could keep your car running for ya. I promise to be nice to it.:cool:

[Mike W]

Is that in Manhattan??? Even $400/month would be a steal!

Right across the river in Jersey City. I've a fantastic view of mid-town. I'll be in Manhattan in 10 minutes via Path or Holland Tunnel (w/o taffic or train delay obviously).

I think you should sell it to me at a reasonable price and then buy it back when you get out of school.

Well Mike the 71 is leaving tonight so it just happens that I have an enclosed storage with nothing in it. I could keep your car running for ya. I promise to be nice to it.:cool:

See, this is why I love this board... numerous selfless offers just pop right up :shock: ;)

[Dr K]

Jersey City has really come a long way. I stayed there last fall.

Peter

[Mike W]

Well the verdict was that I am keeping the car registered for the road and will have my father drive it while I am not around... which will be most of the time.

The big reason for this decision is that my insurance company came back with the verdict that the difference in cost between full coverage and storage coverage was $120.00 a year. That's it. So add registration fees and personal property and it isn't a huge sum of money.... not so much that it's worth the bother of the car sitting.