Winter garaging tips

[Iron]

It's about that time where I put my car into hibernation for the cold snowy salty rocky winter . I've never garaged a car before, so I know the basics of storage, but I'm looking for some good advice on garaging a car(fluid-wise and etc). Also anyone know a good fuel stabilizer? thanks in advance

[CamarosRsweet94]

Stabil, or Sea Foam for stabilizers. I usually try to make sure I have fresh oil in it before I park it just because. This is pretty elementary but make sure you disconnect the battery otherwise it'll be useless when you take it out in the spring.

[Mr. Luos]

I try to drive mine around the block once a month when it is garaged.

[cuda_dude]

and if you can't drive it atleast start it once a month or so..... I try to do that with all of my seasonal toys... it gets everything relubricated and back into shape....washing it before storing it is also a good idea.... and a good car cover...

[philly rs]

awww u guys have to put your cars away for months at a time that sucks. when down here in the sunshine state u can cruise all year round. i hate snow

[Matt365]

^ ^ same. love being able to cruise all year round.

[Dober89]

I park my car and dont start it up for the 6 or 7 months its put away. I figure one dry start is better than alot of them. You can put a bit of oil into the spark plug holes to help the inital start up a bit.

I use stabil and some gas line antifreeze, also fill the tank up before you park it so theres less room for moisture and stuff inside the tank.

A little dish of baking soda helps with moisture inside the car too.

Steel wool, and Bounce sheets are supposed to keep rodents away too.

[silicon212]

You can put a bit of oil into the spark plug holes to help the inital start up a bit.

That doesn't do anything aside from possibly fouling the spark plugs upon startup. The area that needs to be watched is the bearings and you can't get to those through the upper cylinder.

I'd put a bottle (can) of STP in the oil, drive it around a day or so, and then park it. The STP won't drain from the bearings the way oil does - indeed, I've used STP as assembly lube on engines I've built before. Sticks on and stays for millennia. Lucas oil treatment works too.

If you're really paranoid about a dry start, you can take the distributor out and install a "pre-oiler" - a tool you can buy from Autozone, or create from an old distributor - chucked to a drill set to clockwise rotation and spin it for a few seconds to send oil through the engine, even up to the rockers. Just note the rough location of both the distributor body and the rotor, to reassemble properly - and make sure the tang on the bottom of the shaft properly indexes the oil pump driveshaft.

[R.OConnor]

Im in seattle so I dont have to garage mine, it just becomes a several month long slip-n-slide fest

[88camaroproject]

im in florida woooo!!!

[Iron]

Originally Posted by 88camaroproject

im in florida woooo!!!

you also smell bad.
thanks for the quick/useful replies, the Camaro forums are one of the bitchenest places to ask a question.

[Rally Sport]

Originally Posted by R.OConnor

Im in seattle so I dont have to garage mine, it just becomes a several month long slip-n-slide fest

That must be fun! But yeah me being in Texas means I drive whatever all year round.. but not like it matters since my daily cruiser is front wheel drive

[Genopsyde]

Originally Posted by cuda_dude

and if you can't drive it atleast start it once a month or so..... I try to do that with all of my seasonal toys... it gets everything relubricated and back into shape....washing it before storing it is also a good idea.... and a good car cover...

i read that starting it like that causes condensation.

[J.Cutta]

Why are guys so happy to be fl. How many hurricanes did u guys have to run from?

[ZL1power69]

I was about to ask the same question, lol. i know i lost count. i'd be woring about the garage blowing away.