Car after Winter lay-up

[M138]

I take the injectors off and spin the engine till I get oil pressure then put them back on and fire the car up.

[Sardonicus]

Just pull the fuel pump fuse

[FarmerJim]

I leave the magneto switched off and crank it over on the handle a few times. Then fuel tap on, tickle up the carb, mag on and hit the starter button.

[mk1coopers]

M138 said:

I take the injectors off and spin the engine till I get oil pressure then put them back on and fire the car up.

What is this witchcraft?

[sideways man]

Just drive it through the winter

[M138]

sideways man said:

Just drive it through the winter

Too much salt round here.

[Old Merc]

I suppose it all depends on the type and age of the engine your classic has.

My Mercedes R129 spends the six winter months all tucked up in my garage,

Every two months or so, when it’s a nice sunny dry day, I charge the battery, fire it up and drive it up and down the close where I live. Get it warmed up and keep everything moving.Been doing this to my classics for years.

Roll on the summer

Edited by Old Merc on Thursday 6th March 09:12

[Huzzah]

Lights, levels & safety check.

[Riley Blue]

Huzzah said:

Lights, levels & safety check.

That's what I shall be doing later today when I get my Riley out for the first time since October. It's what I've done for the past 10 years and nothing untoward has happened - yet.

[M138]

Old Merc said:

I suppose it all depends on the type and age of the engine your classic has.

My Mercedes R129 spends the six winter months all tucked up in my garage,

Every two months or so, when it’s a nice sunny dry day, I charge the battery, fire it up and drive it up and down the close where I live. Get it warmed up and keep everything moving.Been doing this to my classics for years.

Roll on the summer

Edited by Old Merc on Thursday 6th March 09:12

Oil can be a bit lacking in the top end after a lay-up. I don’t suppose it does a lot of damage if you fire it up straight away but the noise for a second or two doesn’t sound good.

[Lester H]

Riley Blue said:

Huzzah said:

Lights, levels & safety check.

That's what I shall be doing later today when I get my Riley out for the first time since October. It's what I've done for the past 10 years and nothing untoward has happened - yet.

Good luck. Incidentally, do you start and warm it through in the garage in those awful winter months, or do you consider that counter productive? Reason for interest it that I have been and am involved in ‘ moving on’ some, admittedly quite modern cars where the owner has retired from driving but found it hard to give up the car.One such Peugeot 208 had only done 3 miles between MOTs but threw up many niggles.

[DonkeyApple]

Always seems logical to turn the engine over without fuel supply for a little bit to pump some oil around if the engine hasn't been fired up for a few months. Especially if the engine is on the highly strung side. Wouldn't have thought there was any downside to doing so.

[Steve-B]

My 1973 TR6 sprang to life after 3.5 months in hibernation fairly quickly 2 weeks ago. I'd added the recommended amount of Sta-Bil to an almost full tank of nature's finest after cleaning the spark plugs and turning on the ignition for 1 min to bring up the fuel pressure. Put it on full choke, a few turns of the key and it sprang back to life, dropped choke to ½ and let it warm up.