It is salty, gritty road time here in old Blighty.

This means that Porky needs to hibernate, much as I would love too as well.

How does one put a 928 to sleep for winter?

What preventative maintenance is needed?

 

Here's what I do:

- Clean the car, inside and out.
- Fill the tank and put a bottle of gas stabilizer.
- Increase the air pressure in the tires to 45-48 lb.
- Remove the battery from the car and take it inside. Put it on the maintainer few times during the winter.

Also, it is better to change the oil if due before storage.
And put some moth ***** around and under the car if there's any chance of mice.

That's about it.

 

Do not start the car and let idle during storage months. A running engine while only idling, never reaches running temp. to burn off the water vapors.

 

For the pre-hibernation prep, i can't say much that hasn't already been said by the above posters. However, i can recommend that for starting it up for the first time, disable fuel/ignition, take out the plugs and squirt a couple drops of oil into there, then crank it over a bit to prime the oil system. Since all lubricated parts will be bone dry, very important IMO to engine longevity. Also when doing this crank it without plugs to avoid the possibilty of "hydrolock" from the oil in the cylinders and to reduce loading the bearings from compression.

 

If you dont have any mothballs handy... something I learned from my boating club is to put in a dryer softener where ever you dont want mice. Apparently, they dont like the smell... and your car will smell minty fresh