How to start car after 6 weeks?
03-30-2011, 07:17 PM
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03-30-2011, 07:20 PM
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Steve Hinton is a good friend of mine. His son Stevo has won Reno twice in Strega. My other friend built Strega. I know P-51's. I keep a couple warbirds at Chino. They do pre-oil the Rolls Royces and Packards but the Wright's are the worst of the bunch. My Jet Provost has a Rolls Royce Viper in it. What a simple deal it is. It runs a total loss lubrication system. From the oil tank to the main bearings and out the exhaust. The bearings only see fresh oil. Not filling the tank each flight is a bad idea though.
03-30-2011, 07:25 PM
#43
Le Mans Master
Aren't you glad you asked?But really.the only stupid question is a question not asked. The synthetic oil is very sticky and there are zero wear problems connected with starting a car thats been sitting. fire away.................
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03-30-2011, 07:35 PM
#44
That's not rude?
While it may/ may not be directed toward me, my comments are intended as humor.
But there is more than some truth in that fact that someone that buys a weapon that is that dangerous - and yes a car is a weapon, if not driven responsibly - should know how to operate it correctly and responsibly.
And that being said, an - I don't know how to use this properly - comment addressed to an open forum should receive any and all humorous ( or even accidentally rude ) comments.
What I believe should happen in an instance like this, is that a forum moderator should jump in swiftly and instruct the OP of how to use the search feature - well before the masses attack.
Beyond that, if too many "rude" members attack the unsuspecting poster, then, once again the insightful forum moderators should swiftly post some helpful reminder about forum manners and lock the thread IMHO.
That's what happens where I have been a moderator.
Back to our regularly scheduled broadcast ...
While it may/ may not be directed toward me, my comments are intended as humor.
But there is more than some truth in that fact that someone that buys a weapon that is that dangerous - and yes a car is a weapon, if not driven responsibly - should know how to operate it correctly and responsibly.
And that being said, an - I don't know how to use this properly - comment addressed to an open forum should receive any and all humorous ( or even accidentally rude ) comments.
What I believe should happen in an instance like this, is that a forum moderator should jump in swiftly and instruct the OP of how to use the search feature - well before the masses attack.
Beyond that, if too many "rude" members attack the unsuspecting poster, then, once again the insightful forum moderators should swiftly post some helpful reminder about forum manners and lock the thread IMHO.
That's what happens where I have been a moderator.
Back to our regularly scheduled broadcast ...
03-30-2011, 11:22 PM
#45
Race Director
Started my a couple weeks back after sitting since October. All was fine.
The only issue I currently have is On-Star ran a diagnostic on 3/27 and sent me the report via e-mail and it's telling me it cannot determine oil life even though I physically checked the oil level and it's fine.
Any ideas? On-Star customer service of course was not a lot of help.
this also happened to me on my '09 coupe... but the DIC remaining oil life message was fine, and of course the oil level was fine. I ignored this particular On-Star "mis-diagnostic" for several months until the oil/filter was changed and the oil life indicator in the DIC was reset...On-Star oil life diagnostic was fine afterwards.
03-31-2011, 12:11 AM
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I had my 05 stored for about 12 months when the top recall came around. I fired it up and took it to the dealers. Roof done. That was 8 months ago. StaBil in the gas at the 24 months dose and tender 24/7.
It fires up instantly and runs smooth as silk. I idle it for about a minute or so to get the oil circulated and drive off with modest throttle for a few miles.
No biggie. They can sit for an extended time without any consequences.
I do need to get it into the rotation cycle more often. But, I just got the 6 month trial and 60 minutes on the On Star for the contest promo that they had so I need to drive the 08 more to use up the time.
Life can have challenges.
It fires up instantly and runs smooth as silk. I idle it for about a minute or so to get the oil circulated and drive off with modest throttle for a few miles.
No biggie. They can sit for an extended time without any consequences.
I do need to get it into the rotation cycle more often. But, I just got the 6 month trial and 60 minutes on the On Star for the contest promo that they had so I need to drive the 08 more to use up the time.
Life can have challenges.
03-31-2011, 12:43 AM
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Steve Hinton is a good friend of mine. His son Stevo has won Reno twice in Strega. My other friend built Strega. I know P-51's. I keep a couple warbirds at Chino. They do pre-oil the Rolls Royces and Packards but the Wright's are the worst of the bunch. My Jet Provost has a Rolls Royce Viper in it. What a simple deal it is. It runs a total loss lubrication system. From the oil tank to the main bearings and out the exhaust. The bearings only see fresh oil. Not filling the tank each flight is a bad idea though.
03-31-2011, 03:31 AM
#48
Le Mans Master
03-31-2011, 07:20 AM
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03-31-2011, 07:37 AM
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nice thing about synthetic oil is that the molecular structure of it is a lot smaller than conventional oils, it gets into and stays longer in smaller areas than regular oil, lubrication qualities are better. I'm a Millwright and have pulled bearings apart that have idled for 5 years and the synthetic oil is still in them, just hit the start button you're good to go!
03-31-2011, 03:08 PM
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Thanks for the tips everyone!!! Here she is. All mine.
03-31-2011, 03:27 PM
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So many comedians! I'll try to be serious... it'll be tough, but I'll try.
Since I'm in the camp that runs the engine for about an hour each week I didn't feel I needed to do anything. But, after giving it some thought, I think I'll head for a vacant parking lot to do some tight circles / figure eights to work some rear diff fluid into the clutches. Maybe it won't help but it couldn't hurt.
Since I'm in the camp that runs the engine for about an hour each week I didn't feel I needed to do anything. But, after giving it some thought, I think I'll head for a vacant parking lot to do some tight circles / figure eights to work some rear diff fluid into the clutches. Maybe it won't help but it couldn't hurt.
03-31-2011, 03:29 PM
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Steve Hinton is a good friend of mine. His son Stevo has won Reno twice in Strega. My other friend built Strega. I know P-51's. I keep a couple warbirds at Chino. They do pre-oil the Rolls Royces and Packards but the Wright's are the worst of the bunch. My Jet Provost has a Rolls Royce Viper in it. What a simple deal it is. It runs a total loss lubrication system. From the oil tank to the main bearings and out the exhaust. The bearings only see fresh oil. Not filling the tank each flight is a bad idea though.
03-31-2011, 04:01 PM
#56
Drifting
this also happened to me on my '09 coupe... but the DIC remaining oil life message was fine, and of course the oil level was fine. I ignored this particular On-Star "mis-diagnostic" for several months until the oil/filter was changed and the oil life indicator in the DIC was reset...On-Star oil life diagnostic was fine afterwards.
I also can't swear to it because I can no longer find it but I thought I read somewhere in an article that if the oil life isn't reset minimum once per year it confuses on-star's diagnostics since part of the on-star's software code is written around the car's routine maintenance and on-star made the assumption that an average vehicle's oil should be changed at least one time per year. Since mine is stored 5-6 months per year, even though the oil life indicator could shows the oil life is still fine (mine shows 85%). I may have gone past a year since I last changed it. I think last year I changed it around March 15 (pulled it out of storage early) and the diagnostic this year was ran on 3/27 after I pulled it out of storage which is over a year.
Not sure..
Good habit to change it once per year anyway.
