January 22, 201511 yr Hello all Long story short my car is SORN until late April, Stuck on my drive not doing a whole lot. what do I need to do to ensure that the car is maintained and is not going to suffer from not being driven for 3 months? Any advice would be great. Also when I get it back on the road I will take it for a full service along with a cam belt kit change. Kind regards Chris Car is a 2003 Impreza (if that changes anything)
January 22, 201511 yr Some of the things you might wanna do are. Cover it. And Run it once a week. Just to maintain cars engine and maintain cars battery. Thats a basic things. Note that after 3 month your disks might be pitted from rust. Im sure someone will be on soon to give more advice.
January 22, 201511 yr Get a trickle charger, cetek ones are brilliant, waterproof and will charge and cycle the battery for you so it's always in optimal condition, you can get fly away leads you leave it connected to the battery and it plugs in usb style, can leave the bonnet closed and alarm on too. Pump up tyres a little more, say 35psi all round, even better get it up on axel stands if you can, Buy a decent breathable all weather cover and make sure it's tied down properly crack a couple of windows let air circulate and buy some moisture absorbers (silica gell) put them in boot under seats etc. Be wise to check for mice/animals once in a while too, sounds daft but it happens
January 22, 201511 yr Author Anything I can do to help breaks not get pitted? And thanks guys very helpfull!
January 22, 201511 yr Far short of covering them in some forms of protective coating ie grease not much, but I wouldn't recommend that for oblivious reasons
January 22, 201511 yr Author Will this mean new disks or are they workable for a bit until the time comes I need new disks!
January 22, 201511 yr Depends how bad they are if it's just a bit of surface rust then ok but if they start to corrode then yes. Best thing you can do is clean them up as best you can then just keep an eye on them
January 22, 201511 yr Author Okay man cheers, I would of thought with a good clean they will live for 3 months
January 22, 201511 yr I'd probably give the car a good wash and wax. - If you aint done that already that is.
January 22, 201511 yr Author I didn't think of that! Will take handbrake off and set up blocks just to stop chance of roll. And will also give it another wax and wash before I put its cover on (ordered today)
January 23, 201511 yr Axel stands and take the handbrake off but leave it in gear, this stops the Brakes rusting on.make sure once a week the car is turned on and turn the sidelights on once the engines running, this causes the engine to put more juice into the battery. if longer than 3 months change the fuel as it does go off.
January 23, 201511 yr Easiest way, is dont leave too much in, and before you come to run it again get £5 worth of V power and chuck it in, as fuel does go off, it does take longer than 3 months for this to happen but i always do it this way and never had any issues.
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