Battery Tenders; Winter Storage

b15 · 08-28-2014, 08:55 PM

Everyone has their own thoughts on it, but I'm of the belief that periodically starting and idling in the winter is worse than letting it sit for months. Without driving it'll never reach the full operating temps required to burn off moisture in the oil and exhaust. Last year I put my Z away first week of Nov. Hooked it to a battery maintainer and left it until end of March. She started right up.

SwissCheese · 08-28-2014, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by b15

Everyone has their own thoughts on it, but I'm of the belief that periodically starting and idling in the winter is worse than letting it sit for months. Without driving it'll never reach the full operating temps required to burn off moisture in the oil and exhaust. Last year I put my Z away first week of Nov. Hooked it to a battery maintainer and left it until end of March. She started right up.

I was just about to ask whether or not I should start the car up every so often. Mine will be stored in my attached garage (non-heated with a cement floor).

b15 · 08-28-2014, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SwissCheese

I was just about to ask whether or not I should start the car up every so often. Mine will be stored in my attached garage (non-heated with a cement floor).

Unless you can drive it and get it to operating temps, I wouldn't bother. Most people I know don't start theirs either until spring

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b15 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,229 Drives: 4drz Rep Power: 36573	Everyone has their own thoughts on it, but I'm of the belief that periodically starting and idling in the winter is worse than letting it sit for months. Without driving it'll never reach the full operating temps required to burn off moisture in the oil and exhaust. Last year I put my Z away first week of Nov. Hooked it to a battery maintainer and left it until end of March. She started right up.