It's not quite time yet, but I'm just curious what you're hibernation rituals are? I still drive it every few weeks so I keep fresh gas in it, but make sure to wash it off really well after driving on any wet roads. No rust yet :snork_tan

This will be my first winter and I plan on keeping her in the garage unless its nice out. Probably won't do much driving once they sand the onramps and overpasses. I hate that...

well i run the gas tank as low as i can get it and then keep the car on jackstands all winter long just so i don't get flat spots on my tires. and of course it sits underneath a car cover even though it's in the garage. you never know when you might have someone over that rubs against it or something.

Dave O-

winter hibernation? whats that? lol

Since we get little snow here, my supra get run all winter unless rain/sleet/etc is forcast. It likes the cold air.....

No, don't put it away!! Fix your turbo and get it rollin.

This will be my 4th winter putting the dawg away. :(

Here is my basic things that i do:

- full tank of gas
- fuel stabilizer
- change oil
- some say to put the car on jackstands, but i just fill my tires up to max pressure and never had any flat spotting problems.
- check all fluids
- now you can either put the battery on a tender, or just take the battery out altogether.

when spring rolls around, i check the fluids, put the battery back on, pull the fuse, and crank over the motor a few times to prime everything, then fire her up. Change the oil and filter, and i dont start boosting until i go through the first tank of gas.

There may be more anal people out there with more things to do like drain the entire car of its fluids, but so far this has worked for me.

Hope this helps.


-Phu

ive been wondering about what i should do since i do not have a garage to put mine in....? any ideas?

ive been wondering about what i should do since i do not have a garage to put mine in....? any ideas?


Invest in a good outdoor car cover. Something like a cover from California Car covers. It'll probably run you about $200. I would watch out for any rodents, chipmunks, squirrels, ect that'll want to call your engine bay home. And i would try to park away from tree's as well. Hope that helps.

Parking outside then use mothballs wherever you can put them, under the hood, in the air filter, in the car, under the car this keeps out 99% of the rodents and insects. Make sure you get them all out in the spring and air the car out good. It will linger for a few days , but mice will ruin the car ,wiring and anything they build nest in or on and whatever they piss on....that smell never leaves.
You can buy a decent temporary garage for about 3-400.00. http://www.portablegaragedepot.com/index.html

my car is my DD 1st winter i have had it

Do you guys think by goin out there and starting the supra up every once or twice a week will be fine to help through the winter?

drive it around the block or to the local grocery store every now and then, maybe.

well i dont want to drive because of the salt. Thats what ruins the car in the winter mainly other than driving it and wreckin

ah... i see. then go back and forth in your driveway for about 15 minutes. lol

yea...usually when i put this car away...i fill up the fluids and leave like half tank of fuel in there...occasionally on really nice days during the winter i would drive around the block to get things running then put it back in the garage with my bootleg car cover

As mentioned previously if my car was going to sit all winter I would change oil and filter. Secondly I would put Sta-bil (fuel stabilizer) and one bottle of moisture inhibitor in the gas tank (gas dry) and then drive the car around for about 15 minutes, to make sure you get the chemicals all the way to the injectors, and then fill the gas tank all the way up. If your particular car has an uncoated metal gas tank and the gas tank isn't filled all the way up there is a tendency for it to rust in the top of the tank. Third I would put the battery on a 1amp trickle charger (battery tender). Do these three things at the very minimum.

might try that procedure olddawg, never tried that, where would u get sta-bil? at a normal auto parts store?

might try that procedure olddawg, never tried that, where would u get sta-bil? at a normal auto parts store?

In our area I get Sta-bil at Walmart but I would imagine that some auto parts stores would carry it too.

I should have mentioned that our MKIV Supras don't have metal tanks and I am sure that most of you know that. But that is why I said if your particular car has a metal tank fill the tank all the way up.

The reason you fill the tank to top is to eliminate condensation not rust the tank. NO tanks made in this century rust on the inside. :) Jims thinking old WW1 army jeep fuel tanks made of cast iron. :)

..... actually dry gas is a short term fix ....for long term stabilizer is the best bet. Dry gas is alcohol based and just evaporates quickly. If you didn't fill your tank for winter storage then use dry gas in the spring. :)

I also put mice/rat poison under my car in case those stinky, wire eating, little varmints decide to live in the nicemobile. If you have it stored inside thats a good idea outside I use moth balls......just to keep the local animals safe.

Also as one mentioned put extra air in your tires and roll the car forward and back once a month so the tires don't flat spot. Cold climates will take the air out of the tires.
I trickle my battery off my shop light everytime I go into the shop the battery gets a jolt. Works nice......


Jim alot has changed since those ol' wooden gas tank days ..... :snork_lac

[QUOTE=oldspool]The reason you fill the tank to top is to eliminate condensation not rust the tank. NO tanks made in this century rust on the inside. :) Jims thinking old WW1 army jeep fuel tanks made of cast iron. :)

..... actually dry gas is a short term fix ....for long term stabilizer is the best bet. Dry gas is alcohol based and just evaporates quickly. If you didn't fill your tank for winter storage then use dry gas in the spring. :)

I also put mice/rat poison under my car in case those stinky, wire eating, little varmints decide to live in the nicemobile. If you have it stored inside thats a good idea outside I use moth balls......just to keep the local animals safe.

Also as one mentioned put extra air in your tires and roll the car forward and back once a month so the tires don't flat spot. Cold climates will take the air out of the tires.
I trickle my battery off my shop light everytime I go into the shop the battery gets a jolt. Works nice......

Jim alot has changed since those ol' wooden gas tank days ..... :snork_lac[/QUOTE


Yes condensation is the reason. Condensation causes rust in metal gas tanks. The truth is I really don't know when and if they stopped making and installing metal gas tanks in cars since I am so old I don't know all the latest innovations...haha... I was thinking though, that some American cars at least still had metal gas tanks in the 70's and 80's...

Wooden gas tanks... and that is a new one on me...haha... See one is never too old to learn.

I doubt the "dry gas" will evaporate out of a full tank of gas, over the winter season, since it is mixed in with the full tank of gas. However just to make sure I do agree about starting the next driving season out with adding another bottle/can of "dry gas."

I never said that using "dry gas" precluded using a "fuel stabilzier" over the winter season so you and I are agreeing about that.

I do like your idea about hooking your trickle charger to the shop lights, that is if you go out in the shop during the winter...haha... However if it were me I would leave a battery tender/trickle charger trickling a maintenance charge on all of the time and then not have to be concerned if I went to the shop enough to keep my battery from sulfating up over the winter storage time...

Admittedly I have seen a lot of changes over 70+ years of life... :respekt:

I just put up a car tent for my supra 20x24

Jim,

I was being polite and agree with most everything. :beer2: I've owned boats since childhood and we always lay them up for winter you learn alot of neat tricks.
Lots of steel gas tanks still in use they are treated tanks that don't rust those days are long over. The worst thing can happen anyway is water in your fuel on a turbo'd car BAD NEWS. In boats we use fuel/water seperators cars don't have them as long as you properly lay the car up.
In fact most boat tanks are aluminum.
The trickle method works perfect as long as you use your shop light, yes. I do this with my boat batteries too, they last at least a season longer doing it this way. My shop is my garage so when the door opens bingo a little sting hits the battery.
Have a nice holiday ......

I just put up a car tent for my supra 20x24


I was thinking about those but the winds and the snow piling up on one side might cause it to fall over possibly?

I bareed the tent in the ground and put dirt all around it up to the lower saport bar.(like half a foot up) As far as the snow gos I gess I'll have to rake it off when it snows. That dose suck o'well

salt is no biggie. you just have to wash it after driving it. unless you live in alaska or some shit.