Couple questions related to storage

[TomoHawk]

2¢ Enrique

YOu mean $2,000, right?

[beandip]

I haven't run my L24 for nearly 6 months now. I squirted about 5ml of oil in each of the spark plug holes and then turned it over by hand a few times to get the oil coated in there. I figure that I should turn it over by hand every month just to keep the oil up in the bores. As the bearing shells hold oil, I'm hoping that I won't do any damage by hand turning. Also I'll put some more oil in shortly as I figure the oil could have seeped past the rings.....I am being very anal about it but I you know how you can get about these Zeds....bonkers. But if it doesn't hurt it then I say why not do it. At the very minimum, it gives me peace of mind that I'm doing eveything I can to help stop issues.

Does anyone know any problems with putting oil down the bores. I imagine that there will be a heap of smoke on start up but what about glazing of the bores. Is this a possibility?

The only real problem with oiling the cylinders is you can foul the plugs on restart. The danger is if too much liquid is in the cylinder it wont compress and if the other ones fire you could bend a rod or other wise damage the engine . The small ammount you are using is no problem. You wont harm the bores either. Oiling the cylinders once is enough and turning the engine is not necessary for only a winter storage.

[240znz]

Cheers Beandip

[ajmcforester]

OK storing a car is harder than it seems. For over ten years now I have prepared cars for storage, my Dad has a Corvette and this year my 240Z. Most of it is in the prep work.

Before storage:

Fuel system, put fuel stabalizer in and run it for a while and keep the tank full this will keep the gas good and water out.

Change oil, fresh oil protects and won't break down in storage

Flush and fill coolant, older coolant will seperate more causing more corotion damage (creats blockage) and freezing in spots (cause cracking) use a adative like BG's this helps keep the coolant in better condition

Blead Brakes woren brake fluid will setle and corode, blocking lines

Reduce air in tires, even better remove and use old tires, unused fully inflated tire will crack and become britle

add a small abount of light oil or some enegine storage stabilizer thru the spark plug hole if you are not starting it up for more than several weeks (this will make alot of smoke when you start it)

Remove batteries, many fires can hapen from prolong corotion, and reduce ware on the wires from any posable short, and when starting the car make shure it has a full charge this will reduce damage and ware to all electical parts

the whole car needs to be cleaned (exspecialy the underside), polished, waxed, protectent on all rubber, viyle, plactic . . .

Use a good car cover perferbly a fitted one

If posable dive it around for a mile or 2 ocationaly to keep the suspention & stearing system in good shape.

After storage:

Put a great fuel system cleaner like lucas or BNG 44K, to remove any resiens that may have formed.

Check points and do a tune-up take a look at all fluids, blead a small amount of break fluid from breaks if any particls are present frosh the system again, change the oil (add BG MOA or simular oil product to clean out sedament in the oil). . .

Clean the car top to butom polish wax . . . you get the point

Take it easy on the car for two to three tanks, and drive it around this will recondition the suspention system (shock and springs will ware out quiker with little to no use than with daily use) and condition the systems

after first run check the coolent make shure it is in good shape and now rust (don't make a road trip first time out of storage only 1-2 miles)

also change the oil in 1-2 months later alot seems to setle in the oil when stored.

I'm might have forgot somethings I have a 10 page check list I go thru that I made and I'm just giving a good ideas what is needed to do so, you can make a procedure.