How does your mopar hibernate?

[1967coronet]

Worst thing you can do.

Now you've filled your exhaust system with moisture that's going to condense and prematurely rot out your exhaust system.

If you insist on starting your vehicle every few weeks or so, take it out and drive it far enough to purge the condensation from your exhaust system.

I like to warm it up, get the oil and fuel flowing around.
I did put new exhaust on it 11 or 12 years ago after the header install .
Thanks for the advice , I will keep a eye on it.
Guess i could weld in some dumps at the collectors to uncork but it seems to be holding up.
I just start it once during the winter not every few weeks.
Thanks.

 

[Don Frelier]

Mine sit until April and they get driven when started.
Ethanol free fuel is fine sitting over the winter, but I do try and run it pretty low before I get gas again in the spring.

 

[fine69]

is the intent of a full fuel tank (with Stabil added) as opposed to a less than 1/2 full tank also to minimize moisture during storage?

If the tank is full = no room for moisture = no condensation = no rust. The Stabil (some kind of fuel stabilizer I’m not familiar with (I use SeaFoam)).
But it shouldn’t just be dumped in the fuel tank. It, ideally, should run through the lines and carb to do what it is intended to do.

 

[71 Runner]

Well, there is no winter in Las Vegas sooooo…..
When the restoration gets finished this summer she will be in the garage year round. The wife (47yrs in June) will have to start parking her Pathfinder in the driveway cuz there will be no room in the garage anymore. My Jeep, Ferrari and RR will be inside the garage.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Well, there is no winter in Las Vegas sooooo…..
When the restoration gets finished this summer she will be in the garage year round. The wife (47yrs in June) will have to start parking her Pathfinder in the driveway cuz there will be no room in the garage anymore. My Jeep, Ferrari and RR will be inside the garage.

Sooooo.... Your building a new garage???

 

[71 Runner]

Sooooo.... Your building a new garage???

Well, I do have the space on the side of the house for a 30’ deep by 38’ shop but after the cost of the restoration I’m going to need a couple yrs to billed the savings account back up.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Well, I do have the space on the side of the house for a 30’ deep by 38’ shop but after the cost of the restoration I’m going to need a couple yrs to billed the savings account back up.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!

Momma ain't gonna be happy about parking her car in the summer heat....

 

[71 Runner]

Momma ain't gonna be happy about parking her car in the summer heat....

She has realize that since the one spot that is large enough for the RR, is the only space she can park the Pathfinder in and the RR will be a 6 figure restoration and her 2024 PF is a mid 5 figure car. I get a 1.5yr free pass to her spot in the garage until I can get the shop build. God Love her!!

 

[71 Runner]

Momma ain't gonna be happy about parking her car in the summer heat....

I think the only reason in reality that I’m getting the hall pass is…..
We dated in the RR and she became a woman in the back seat!!

 

[1 Wild R/T]

I'd be looking at temporarily putting something in secure off site storage so momma doesn't need to climb into a 130+ degree car interior... I spent a year in Vegas it get Fugly hot out there..

 

[71RRHI]

Boomers!!

While stationed on Guam I was assigned to a floating drydock.. 90% of what we docked was SSBN's
Any time something bigger than the hatch needed to be removed for service members of our crew would cut a hole in the side of the sub.... I'd hate to be on the first test dive after leaving the drydock.... At least the water wasn't very deep in that part of the ocean.... Not like the Marianas Trench was right there...

We did a couple sonar dome replacements as well.... Most people don't know the nose of a sub is made of 5" thick fiberglass...

This was about four or five years after I left the drydock

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The sonar domes we replaced weren't quite this bad.... Amazing this thing made it home...

The boat I was on, SSN 696 USS New York city was in that dry dock several times. All I remember is spending alot of time at Andy's Hut.

 

[moparedtn]

And that's the thing, can I drive my toys everyday? Yeah, but I wait for those days when the sun is out & the car needs to get a little workout...

Absolutely. Getting them out should always be an event of sorts.

 

[71 Runner]

I'd be looking at temporarily putting something in secure off site storage so momma doesn't need to climb into a 130+ degree car interior... I spent a year in Vegas it get Fugly hot out there..

We’ve lived in Vegas since 1979

 

[66 Sat]

I'm very lucky in that I can drive mine year 'round. Having that "downtime" would be nice in some ways to allow major projects to be undertaken without stress, but overall having to park them up for months at a time would suck.
Warm summer nights are my favourite time to drive, but nice sunny days are pretty good too.

 

[mountain33]

Sits outside with a cover. It's a survivor.

 

[hemi*guy]

Worst thing you can do.

Now you've filled your exhaust system with moisture that's going to condense and prematurely rot out your exhaust system.

If you insist on starting your vehicle every few weeks or so, take it out and drive it far enough to purge the condensation from your exhaust system.

I think it’s a matter of opinion. I’ve been storing mine by starting it up backing out of garage blowing it out a bit. I’ve been doing it 10 years and no problem with exhaust so far. Worst case I think i would rather deal with an exhaust Issue than not start it for 4 months and have it just sit idle. In my opinion things need to heat up , lubricate and just come alive once in awhile. No wrong or right way just the owners preference. But I don’t think “ it’s the worst thing you can do”.

 

[torredcuda]

I absolutely HATE living in the frigid, snowy, salted roads of the New England area but moving south isn`t an option right now, maybe someday. As for my Barracuda it is in the garage under the house which is not heated, I simply park it with a full tank tank of gas, add some Stabil, throw the Battery Tender on it, no cover. I usually fire it up a few times over the winter when it hits 40+ degrees just to get the fluids moving and lubricate the engine internals. My road runner is under restoration in my detached, heated garage so at least I have that to work in over the long winter months. I guess if I look a the positive side we rarely have to deal with any major floods, hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes (we just had a 3.9 but I didn`t even feel it), wildfires etc. and only have limited time with hot humid temps above 90 degrees in the summer.

 

[terrywalker]

In a heated/cooled shop kept around 60 degrees in the winter and 70 degrees in the summer. Covered with a breathable cover.
Terry W.

 

[dadsbee]

If you're gonna fire them up during storage, you at least need to take'm through the RPM spectrum to blow the moisture out of the pipes!

 

[BigFlo]

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'55 DeSoto wagon, '72 Dart Swinger, original owner '68 GTX

Moses was the original owner of your GTX? Wow.