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If I Let My Car Sleep In The Garage For One Month


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emm, becoz of my work, yes, she has to sleep for quite sometime in the garage.

previously, I dun drive my pajero for almost two months and nothing happen, I mean I still able to start the car without any problem. my fren car, some how, their battery will die or watever...

if I dun run my car for such long time, is it bad to the car?

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I would say nothing would happen, but disconnecting the batter will prevent any trickle down of the battery.

Make sure you also do not have any ethenol based fuel in the tank.

A month is not long, a year would be.

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When I left the AU in the garage for 2 weeks while I was away on holidays it ran a little rough for a few seconds but was fine after that.

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When you go to start the car after you come back, hold the accelerator pedal to the floor. The engine will crank over but not start, do this for a few seconds to get the oil flowing around the engine before starting the car normally

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It wont go as well as it normally does, the petrol will be stale.

It will crank fine, as long as you have no extra accessories draining the battery.

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When you go to start the car after you come back, hold the accelerator pedal to the floor. The engine will crank over but not start, do this for a few seconds to get the oil flowing around the engine before starting the car normally

I was informed not to push the accelerator in an injected car if the car is not running :spoton: have I been mis-informed??

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The BA/BF have a feature called flood clearing. If you put your foot flat to the floor and crank, the car will not start.

This is handy if you are wanting to build oil pressure after a change or if the car has sat unused for a long time. It is also usefull if you flood the motor.

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the Phantom sat in his bedroom for close on 3 months, with few very intermittent drives.

he fired up as good as always no problems at all

shaz

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Doesn't it re-sync the cam phasing or something.....as in isn't that the intent of the feature? :spoton:

that's exactly what it is for. It also is used to clean the small oil galleries with a pulsing action to attempt to dislodge any small dirt or grit that may be in there affecting cam phasing operation.

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