1st Engine start after storage question..

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Mar 10, 2015 | 12:51 PM

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Z06Corey

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Can't help but to laugh at the photo. Looks like it serves the purpose well. Be good to keep my wife and kid away from the car in the garage when they walk by it....

Mar 10, 2015 | 02:47 PM

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Pounder

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Originally Posted by Z06Corey

Can't help but to laugh at the photo. Looks like it serves the purpose well. Be good to keep my wife and kid away from the car in the garage when they walk by it....

and NO SMOKING !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mar 11, 2015 | 06:59 AM

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dadaroo

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That looks like one of my condoms. About the right size.

Mar 11, 2015 | 07:04 AM

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leadfoot4

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Originally Posted by 1Willy1

Letting the car idle once a month is at least getting the systems and fluids flowing.

Condensation where? How would starting the car up, letting it get to operating temp and revving it a few times for good measure harm the engine?

I've been doing the "winter storage thing" with various cars that I've owned, for almost 40 years, and that's what I've been doing all this time. The key, IMHO, is letting the engine get up to operating temperature, not just starting it and letting it run for 3-4 minutes. I also turn on the A/C, to get the compressor running and circulating the lubricant.