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Starting the Car in Storage

To: Whitwort@aol.com
Subject: Starting the Car in Storage
From: jerry@tr2.com (Jerome Kaidor)
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 19:13:25 -0700 (PDT)
Whitwort@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Don't start your car up periodically during storage unless you are prepared
> to let the engine get good and warm.  Otherwise, you will just be adding
> corrosive element to the engine.  Best to store on blocks and put oil in
> place of plugs.

**** On the other hand, it might not be a bad idea to turn the engine
over with a wrench periodically.  I did this with my MGA's engine, which sat
on my garage floor for about two years.  When I got it back in the car,
it started quickly and ran flawlessly.  

                          - Jerry Kaidor
                                                  


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