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Old 01-31-15, 10:12 AM
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Hey guys, I'm looking for some advice on bringing the car out of storage. Probably will not happen for a couple more months, but its something that I have been wondering about. I have not started it once since storing it. So, I am wondering what are some things to do? I have heard of pulling the plugs and dropping a few drops of oil into the chambers to help lubricate since oil has not been circulated in some time. Is this really necessary? Is there anything else?
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Curious to this as well, mine has been in storage since October.
Old 02-01-15, 01:47 PM
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I don't have an answer, but seeing as this is more of a general question about cars in general I think searching Google could yield results. Probably nothing specific to our cars that are different from others in this sense.

I could be wrong, who knows, oh well...
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why not just start the car and let it idle every once in a while? is that not an option where ever it is being stored?
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Originally Posted by oldManTan
why not just start the car and let it idle every once in a while? is that not an option where ever it is being stored?
Yeah, I would, but I have some things taken off of the car as I have been working on it while it's been put up
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ahh i gotcha
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I would just check the oil level and verify there is oil in there, and fresh gas and then start it.
sure you can pull the plugs and drop in oil but that's a lot of work. you don't have to but you could.
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