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My sister has a 92 Accord (200K mileage--used to be my car and I took immaculate car of it) and has been sitting for 1.5 years. No start nothing. And it may be this way for the a couple of years (DUI ).
Any way it it parked in NJ which gets in the upper 90s in the Summer and can get into the single digits in the Winter.
Which is worse for the car weather wise and what car parts are worse off because they aren't being run?
I know she should start the car every so often and remove the battery cable, but she is lazy and will never do that.
I don't know if this helps any....but I can tell you that when a car sits idle for a long period of time, the brake caliper seals tend to dry out, then when you apply the brake pedal, you may not have any brakes. There's also the chance of the brake calipers seizing up.
Also the engine seals tend to dry out as well along with the tranny seals from not being driven. You can also have steering box issues too. Don't forget the gasoline in the tank will turn to varnish after a while unless you put a fuel stabilizer in the tank and run it thru.
Oh and the battery.....if not put on a truckle charger, will eventually die and won't be able to be resuscitated. Same applies if the car is not driven.
I personally had the experience of losing brakes due to a dried out seal on a truck I once owned. My dad's restored classic car lost brakes on one side and also leaked steering box gear oil....both attributed to not driving the car, after it was fully restored back in the mid 1980's.
My sister has a 92 Accord (200K mileage--used to be my car and I took immaculate car of it) and has been sitting for 1.5 years. No start nothing. And it may be this way for the a couple of years (DUI ).
Any way it it parked in NJ which gets in the upper 90s in the Summer and can get into the single digits in the Winter.
Which is worse for the car weather wise and what car parts are worse off because they aren't being run?
I know she should start the car every so often and remove the battery cable, but she is lazy and will never do that.
Thanks.
Better to sell a car than leave is sit idle for a long time. Sitting will allow the car to dry out and rot.
my 1992 Tercel got a daily workout of city and some highway driving. i always thought the exhaust parts wore out rather quickly. here is the frequency that i needed new exhaust parts:
bought car new in Feb 1992
new front pipe 11/94
new front pipe 11/95
new front pipe 2/98
new front pipe 1/2000
new muffler 5/2004
new front pipe, cat converter and O2 sensor 7/2007
new front pipe 10/08
new front pipe 11/10
new cat converter and O2 sensor 9/11
do you think this was too frequent or is it average?
my 1992 Tercel got a daily workout of city and some highway driving. i always thought the exhaust parts wore out rather quickly. here is the frequency that i needed new exhaust parts:
bought car new in Feb 1992
new front pipe 11/94
new front pipe 11/95
new front pipe 2/98
new front pipe 1/2000
new muffler 5/2004
new front pipe, cat converter and O2 sensor 7/2007
new front pipe 10/08
new front pipe 11/10
new cat converter and O2 sensor 9/11
do you think this was too frequent or is it average?
Not sure if serious lol
My Wrangler just had her exhaust replaced including the cat last October. They were 21 years old.
I don't know if this helps any....but I can tell you that when a car sits idle for a long period of time, the brake caliper seals tend to dry out, then when you apply the brake pedal, you may not have any brakes. There's also the chance of the brake calipers seizing up.
Also the engine seals tend to dry out as well along with the tranny seals from not being driven. You can also have steering box issues too. Don't forget the gasoline in the tank will turn to varnish after a while unless you put a fuel stabilizer in the tank and run it thru.
Oh and the battery.....if not put on a truckle charger, will eventually die and won't be able to be resuscitated. Same applies if the car is not driven.
I personally had the experience of losing brakes due to a dried out seal on a truck I once owned. My dad's restored classic car lost brakes on one side and also leaked steering box gear oil....both attributed to not driving the car, after it was fully restored back in the mid 1980's.
Exactly.
Outside of the obvious rust problems, anything in a car that is metal/steel will not disintegrate (much) by just sitting. Everything that is NOT metal/steel WILL disintegrate & decompose. All seals, all gaskets, all plastics, all rubber, etc. An engine block that has virtually no miles, is not much good if all the gaskets & seals are leaking.
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