[malickje]

My 968 is ready to be put away for the winter season. What procedures should I have done to the car so that it is ready to go come spring? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.

[flash]

get a battery tender for sure

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.

[94SilverCab]

http://www.968forums.com/topic/8702-wint...msearch__1

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.

[ds968]

if you really want to winterize ...



   





[quote name='flash' timestamp='1354644757' post='135727']

get a battery tender for sure

[/quote]



but, + 1 on the battery tender

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.

[DaveN]

Fuel stabilizer! Search here as it has been covered well.

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.

[malickje]

Unfortunately I couldn't find a Guards red snowplow to match my 968 so I opted for some gas stabilizer, battery tender, tires off of the garage floor, cleaned car and car cover. Let's hope that we don't receive record amounts of snow fall this winter season. Thanks for the helpful suggestions and happy motoring with your 968 for those of you who reside in warmer climates. It definitely won't be too soon when the salt is off of the roads and the warm sun brings thoughts of happy motoring in my Porsche.

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.

[DaveN]

Don't forget to run the car with the stabilizer in the fuel so it gets to the injectors BEFORE it goes nighty-night. Don't want no sticky injectors in spring.

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.

[malickje]

Thanks for the tip, Dave. When I topped up the gas tank with fuel, I added the stabilizer so it mixed in fairly well. The instructions on the bottle indicated that I run the car for five to ten minutes so that it mixes with the fuel. In the time I filled up and then drove the car back home, the time was under ten minutes so hopefully the stabilizer mixed in with the gas. I wonder if I should run the car longer so that it is thoroughly blended. What do you think?

Jeff

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.

[DaveN]

Just depends on how much fuel is contained in the lines from the tank to the fuel rail. 10 minutes might burn through that.

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.

[tamathumper]

If you added it at the gas station and then drove home, you're probably good. A few minutes of driving is equivalent to 10 minutes of idling, consumption-wise.

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.

[Rap]

Do you need stabilizer in a heated garage?

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.

[malickje]

From what I've heard and read recently, fuel stabilizer is required if your car will be in storage for an extended period of time during the winter season, whether the garage is heated or not. The reason is that it protects the fuel in the gas tank, thus protecting your engine, from disintegrating. Here are some benefits of fuel stabilizer that I copied from the Canadian Tire website. Fuel stabilizer...

• Removes water to prevent corrosion and cleans carburetors and fuel injectors
  
  
• Eliminates need to drain fuel before storage
  
  
• For all 2-cycle and 4-cycle gasoline and diesel engines
  
  
• Keeps fuel fresh for quick, easy starts after storage
  
  
• Protects engine from gum, varnish, rust and corrosion
  
  
• Treats over 300L
  
  
• Prolongs engine life
  
  

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.

[DaveN]

Yea, it's a must no matter what if you are storing a car. You don't want to be draining fuel or having the gum/varnish from the additives mess up your active parts.

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.

[ds968]

OT..sort of.. but here's a heart warming winterizing story :



It’s late fall and the Indians on a remote reservation in North Dakota asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.

Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn’t tell what the winter was going to be like.

Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect firewood to be prepared.

But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, ‘Is the coming winter going to be cold?’

‘It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,’ the meteorologist at the weather service responded.

So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more firewood in order to be prepared.

A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. ‘Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?’

‘Yes,’ the man at National Weather Service again replied, ‘it’s going to be a very cold winter.’

The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of firewood they could find.

Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather Service again. ‘Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?’

‘Absolutely,’ the man replied. ‘It’s looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters we’ve ever seen.’

‘How can you be so sure?’ the chief asked.

The weatherman replied, ‘The Indians are collecting a s***load of firewood.’

Partial Post: Please Login or Register to read the full post.