to change oil or not????

[landrovered]

I am interested in how people store museum quality cars like the folks at the Porsche Museum. I also recognize that most of our cars are not museum pieces, not to say it is not good to do things right but in my mind it's like doing MRIs or chemo on a dog...not cost effective considering the economic value of the subject. Systems are available such as carcapsule.com or car bag.com and at least where I live in Georgia, dessicants and fogging cylinders are in order. Also temperature control seems to be the primary way to stop condensation from forming within the engine itself. There is an oil which claims to exceed the 500 hour humidity test used by the military and that is
Joe Gibbs racing oil in case you are interested.

[jdraupp]

Originally Posted by landrovered

I am interested in how people store museum quality cars like the folks at the Porsche Museum.

This sparked my interest. Found this link from the National Park service in regards to preparing a car for museum exhibition. Granted, its an older article, but this seems to address a lot of the things you'd talked about, but does still seem excessive for 4 month storage.

Link fixed: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwid6Kna8cnJAhWG6IMKHW8TAbkQFggfMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nps.gov%2Fmuseum%2Fpublicatio ns%2Fconserveogram%2F10-03.pdf&usg=AFQjCNHsR_jFBG4p9wQ6-GXp5Inqf9c0tQ&bvm=bv.108538919,d.amc

[landrovered]

Originally Posted by jdraupp

This sparked my interest. Found this link from the National Park service in regards to preparing a car for museum exhibition. Granted, its an older article, but this seems to address a lot of the things you'd talked about, but does still seem excessive for 4 month storage.

Link fixed: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwid6Kna8cnJAhWG6IMKHW8TAbkQFggfMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nps.gov%2Fmuseum%2Fpublicatio ns%2Fconserveogram%2F10-03.pdf&usg=AFQjCNHsR_jFBG4p9wQ6-GXp5Inqf9c0tQ&bvm=bv.108538919,d.amc

Thanks for this link. The clutch sticking concept was a new one for me...good stuff!

[jdraupp]

Originally Posted by landrovered

Thanks for this link. The clutch sticking concept was a new one for me...good stuff!

That was enlightening for me as well. I also find it interesting that they talk about axle stands and putting tires off the ground, letting suspension hang. Maybe another concept that is good for long term storage but not for short term. I've always heard that you don't want suspension hanging.

[JayG]

Originally Posted by jdraupp

This sparked my interest. Found this link from the National Park service in regards to preparing a car for museum exhibition. Granted, its an older article, but this seems to address a lot of the things you'd talked about, but does still seem excessive for 4 month storage.

Link fixed: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwid6Kna8cnJAhWG6IMKHW8TAbkQFggfMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nps.gov%2Fmuseum%2Fpublicatio ns%2Fconserveogram%2F10-03.pdf&usg=AFQjCNHsR_jFBG4p9wQ6-GXp5Inqf9c0tQ&bvm=bv.108538919,d.amc

Interesting info

It all makes sense for what is basically changing the car from drivable to display and undrivable.

With short term storage for those that don't want drive their cars during the winter that would be extremely excessive.

Like many things, including oil, IMSB, tires, brakes, etc., its your car do what you want with it. If you choose to ignore advise from those who know, feel free to.

For me, if I was to store the car for a few months, $60 in oil is a small price to pay for possibly preventing a problem later

[jdraupp]

Originally Posted by JayG

Interesting info

It all makes sense for what is basically changing the car from drivable to display and undrivable.

With short term storage for those that don't want drive their cars during the winter that would be extremely excessive.

Like many things, including oil, IMSB, tires, brakes, etc., its your car do what you want with it. If you choose to ignore advise from those who know, feel free to.

For me, if I was to store the car for a few months, $60 in oil is a small price to pay for possibly preventing a problem later

Yeah I feel the same way. I'd rather have someone laugh at me for my overkill maintenance habits than be laughing at me for having a roller that I could've done something about.

I'm also going to be checking museum car to see if the clutch has been blocked now. Lol.