I have put the rego on hold for 3 months on my Mazda Bounty 1999 diesel ute. Anything straight forward I should be doing to avoid problems when I go to use it again? Is it helpful to start it every couple of weeks and leave it running for abit?
tony9,
Jul 8, 9:51am
As long as you run it enough to get it up to full temp. Otherwise best to not run it at all, but top up the battery with a charger once a month.
skin1235,
Jul 8, 9:56am
there will be no problems at all, keep the battery up to charge or remove it and use it elsewhere
intrade,
Jul 8, 10:02am
ok here are the facts you should follow. number 1 you put a vehicle on hold always for 12 month= the maximum possible periode because 3 month is minimum and after the 3 month you can put it back on the road when ever you want by making it have a current wof before you rego it.
Now fact 2 You run the engine hot till the cooling fan kicks on then you shut it down and remove the battery and only start it again when you will use it . the most dumbest idea in the world is to start it up every now and then for a few minutes to charge the battery or what ever . its a stupid idea and does only do damage over all to everything
intrade,
Jul 8, 10:05am
storage best dry place and plenty rat poison under car or you will have rats and mice live inside it and chew the wiring and foam up
intrade,
Mar 10, 4:08am
in europe i had a iveco turbo daily it was parked up for almost 10 years befor i sold it. i shut it down hot and never started it again. when it was to be started i put a battery in to it and cranked it and less then 10 secounds later it fired up and ran as good as the day i shut it down hot. You need to shut it down hot so the moisture evaporates inside the engine while it cools , if you dont you have moisture inside startig to corrode all sorts of parts even seeze up pistons .
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