extened storage

JayD · 06-09-2009, 12:09 PM

I am not going to be driving my 335i for about 4-5 months while my new house is being built. I am leaving it at my old house until my garage is done or the old house sells.

Any advice on storage procedures? Here is my list

clean/wax
change oil
over inflate tires
fill gas tank and add stabilizer to fuel
put rags in exhaust tips
disconnet battery (don't want to hook up a trickle charger)

noro · 06-09-2009, 12:13 PM

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Zirenz2006 · 06-09-2009, 12:31 PM

lock the car

HighVoltage · 06-09-2009, 12:55 PM

Depending on the length of storage and vehicle, I will also sometimes add a sacrificial anode to the cooling system and squirt a little light grade machine oil onto the cylinder walls through the spark plug holes...

Kevin@AKMotorwerk · 06-09-2009, 12:58 PM

depending on how well the garage is sealed up, i would seal the air box too, if squirrels or mice or anything can get into the garage, they like to build their nests in air boxes and that would cause hell for your engine if you go to start it with a big nest in the filter box

galahad05 · 06-09-2009, 01:01 PM

Can you run the car once a week? If so, then you pretty much don't have to do anything else.

BK · 06-09-2009, 02:54 PM

Use SOS pads or steel or copper wool to plug the mufflers, not rags. Mice chew rags.

06-09-2009, 12:09 PM	#1
JayD Second Lieutenant 54 Rep 213 Posts Drives: 08 335i Join Date: May 2008 Location: upper mid-west iTrader: (0)	extened storage I am not going to be driving my 335i for about 4-5 months while my new house is being built. I am leaving it at my old house until my garage is done or the old house sells. Any advice on storage procedures? Here is my list clean/wax change oil over inflate tires fill gas tank and add stabilizer to fuel put rags in exhaust tips disconnet battery (don't want to hook up a trickle charger)
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HighVoltage . 32 Rep 867 Posts Drives: 07 E90 335i Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: . iTrader: (0)	Depending on the length of storage and vehicle, I will also sometimes add a sacrificial anode to the cooling system and squirt a little light grade machine oil onto the cylinder walls through the spark plug holes...
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Kevin@AKMotorwerk General 290 Rep 28,154 Posts Drives: THE GUY YOU LOVE TO HATE Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: hillsborough, nj iTrader: (1)	depending on how well the garage is sealed up, i would seal the air box too, if squirrels or mice or anything can get into the garage, they like to build their nests in air boxes and that would cause hell for your engine if you go to start it with a big nest in the filter box
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galahad05 Brigadier General 158 Rep 3,158 Posts Drives: '07 335i e90 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Long Island NY iTrader: (0)	Can you run the car once a week? If so, then you pretty much don't have to do anything else. __________________ Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. --Mark Twain
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BK Smiling politely 165 Rep 7,931 Posts Drives: 330i Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Washington DC iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 330i [9.00]	Use SOS pads or steel or copper wool to plug the mufflers, not rags. Mice chew rags. __________________ E90 330i Black Sapphire 6MT \| 991.1 C4 Platinum Silver 7MT
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