[southern stang]

Hi everyone, I'm not able to remove my 07 gt from garage due to very high snow put there by complex cleaning crew. I can't shovel due to a bad heart. My question is if it takes a month or so for snow to melt should I start the car every few days or just let her sit? Thanx for ur replies.

 

[JBert]

You are snowed in, in Boca Raton? Wow, things are worse than I thought! ;-)

My mustang is sitting in my driveway for a while, until the snow is gone and the salt is washed away. . . I will start it and run it for a while at least every couple weeks to keep the battery charged, and also move it a foot or so, to keep the tires from getting bad flat spots.

That is what I would suggest ; but make sure you open the garage door first!

 

[Blazin72]

As long as your battery is good just let it sit. Sitting for a month doesn't hurt anything. It's garaged, nothing will hurt it. You're not going to end up with flat spots on your tires either. Just make sure they aren't low.

 

[silver_stang200]

If my car sits more than a week my Battery goes dead even with everything off (heater/radio)
So I went to Harbor Fright and bought a Battery Tender(their brand) Start her every 3 weeks
I never move my car and I don't have flat spots on my tires nor is she on stands

 

[squekster]

If my car sits more than a week my Battery goes dead even with everything off (heater/radio)
So I went to Harbor Fright and bought a Battery Tender(their brand) Start her every 3 weeks
I never move my car and I don't have flat spots on my tires nor is she on stands

If your battery is dead after a week of sitting
something is wrong. You have excessive
parasitic drain from some where.

 

[silver_stang200]

hmm i'l have to take it in when it gets a lil warmer

 

[southern stang]

Sorry jbert failed to mention I'm in Long Island ny
Visiting my daughter.

 

[ghunt]

Nahhh...I leave my car sit for 3-4 months over the winter while it's in the garage in storage and I don't start it once. I just unhook the battery.

 

[Blazin72]

If my car sits more than a week my Battery goes dead even with everything off (heater/radio)
So I went to Harbor Fright and bought a Battery Tender(their brand) Start her every 3 weeks
I never move my car and I don't have flat spots on my tires nor is she on stands

I don't trust anything from Harbor Freight. If your battery is going dead after a week then there is something else going on. Do you have any aftermarket electrical equipment?

How old is your battery? What brand is it?

 

[pikapp]

Hi everyone, I'm not able to remove my 07 gt from garage due to very high snow put there by complex cleaning crew. I can't shovel due to a bad heart. My question is if it takes a month or so for snow to melt should I start the car every few days or just let her sit? Thanx for ur replies.

If the car is going to sit for more than a year, add Sta-Bil Storage-Fuel Stabilizer to gas, run about 5 min. and put on Battery Tender. If car will sit for less than a year, skip the Sta-Bil. I prefer to use the Deltran Battery Tender brand. Reliable charge, as needed, without drops/spikes or interruptions.

 

[nigel]

If you start it in the garage make sure that you open the garage door, but I've parked mine during deployments for extended periods of time with out it being started.

 

[linderpat]

you should absolutely not start it unless you plan to get it up to operating temperatures - typically at least 15 to 20 minutes of driving. This ensures that any condensation build up in the tank air space is fully burned off, rather than just pushed into the fuel lines and system. It does not hurt the car at all to sit for extended periods of time. The battery may not like it, but either use a tender, or get a new battery in the spring. Batteries are cheap, fuel system and injector issues are not.

 

[silver_stang200]

I might be wrong about the duration of time but when I went to drive it last month (the roads were clear of snow/ice) she didn't want to start. I had to jump it w/battery charger.

Had the same prob last yr bat went dead from sitting idle had to get a new battery so it's a yr old even had the same prob with my '06 during the same time frame so how can 2 different cars have the same prob durring the same time of winter

as you all can see from my avatar she has to sit out side

 

[Tbones80]

You leave the battery in the car? Well once it goes dead it freezes, thats why the batteries are shot. I take mine out and put it in my closet, sitting nicely at room temperature and 3 years old (parked 6 months a year) and still works great.

 

[sqidd]

Hi everyone, I'm not able to remove my 07 gt from garage due to very high snow put there by complex cleaning crew. I can't shovel due to a bad heart. My question is if it takes a month or so for snow to melt should I start the car every few days or just let her sit? Thanx for ur replies.

Do not start it

 

[silver_stang200]

well that might be true (frozen battery) but a few years ago my mom/dad went on a 5 week vacation and the battery on his '10 frontier went dead and it was summer '11 so how is that possible (then frontier was a year old at the time)

 

[Blazin72]

If you are worried about your battery going dead after a month then put it on a trickle charger. That does not change the fact that the car does not need to be started every few weeks- if it's sitting for a month (or three months as far as I'm concerned) it'll be just fine right where it is, especially in a garage.

If anything, starting the car "just to charge the battery" every few weeks is probably counterproductive. You're more than likely using more energy starting than the alternator is going to restore in 20 or 30 minutes of idling.

Bottom line is, the car is fine parked. If you're worried about a dead battery then put it on a maintenance charger.

 

[Tinkindling]

Of course, you will get lots of opinions when you ask a question like this, but here goes anyway.

I take my Mustang off the road in the winter. I get an oil and filter change, clean it thoroughly, and fill the tank to the max. I make sure it is fully hot before parking it. Hot includes the trans and the axle, as you do not want any condensation there.

I do use a battery tender.

If it is going to sit for more than two months, I wait for a nice dry day, and start the car. I then drive it till it is fully hot, and make sure to cycle the air conditioning system on.

My rationale for this is that I want to circulate the oil in the engine, trans, and axle, and I want the seals in the AC system to be wet and flexed a bit. It also means that the brakes are used, and the fluid moved around in the cylinder and the calipers. This also eliminates the problem of tire flat spotting, although I've not found this to be a problem with other cars that I've left for longer periods of time.

I do realize that you are not in a position to do all of the above, but there's my answer anyway.