Spring Checklist - Help!

[paulofto]

Originally Posted by Ciao

roll down a slight hill, just to circulate the cylinders, key off using 5th gear to get oil in cylinders then crank engine

This is the Manitoba, the closest 'slight hill' is in Alberta.

[Ciao]

Originally Posted by paulofto

This is the Manitoba, the closest 'slight hill' is in Alberta.

you have my sympathies; If you have friends, perhaps a tug or a push from your friends, (clutch depressed) for a few yards then release clutch might be useful.

[pomerlo]

Ciao : I dont get the point.. how turning an engine using the powertrain would be safer than using normal explosion in combustion chamber ? I even think that warming up the engine as soon as possible would even be better ?

[Ciao]

Originally Posted by pomerlo

Ciao : I dont get the point.. how turning an engine using the powertrain would be safer than using normal explosion in combustion chamber ? I even think that warming up the engine as soon as possible would even be better ?

The point is simply that it is an option to circulate oil in the cylinders before firing up an engine that has been stored for months with dry cylinders.The point is not about safety as much as it is about best practices in taking a Boxster out of a long winter storage. Warming up the engine is always suggested year-round.

[Slate 01]

Since I live in California, my spring checklist is as follows:

-Apply another coat of Zaino Bros. to finish
-Put top down
-Fill with gas
-Drive it like I have been doing all winter (or better described as a slightly cooler time of year
:dance:

[paulofto]

Originally Posted by Slate 01

Since I live in California, my spring checklist is as follows:

-Apply another coat of Zaino Bros. to finish
-Put top down
-Fill with gas
-Drive it like I have been doing all winter (or better described as a slightly cooler time of year
:dance:

Please don't rub it in. We will have a high today of maybe 8C or about 46F but it is expected to drop and by Thursday it will be -16C or 3F. With snow over the next day or so. Throw in all the sand, salt & dirt from the last 4 months and it is not fit for man nor Boxster.

[Porsche9]

Originally Posted by paulofto

Please don't rub it in. We will have a high today of maybe 8C or about 46F but it is expected to drop and by Thursday it will be -16C or 3F. With snow over the next day or so. Throw in all the sand, salt & dirt from the last 4 months and it is not fit for man nor Boxster.

I was in Winnipeg the other week when things got a little warm. Add some rain to melt the snow and things were a mess. Brutal on cars. If I'd live there I'd have to have an appropriate winter beater and I'd have serious Porsche withdrawals.

Come visit Arizona anytime!