Good idea. When the car is started in the spring the oil will just burn off right?
Exactly. You’ll blow blue for a min or two.
Wow has no one remembered why they actually park their car during the winter??? TO KEEP THEM LOOKING GOOD!!! Not to make sure the engine or bushings last forever. I recommend cleaning the car thoroughly inside, outside and underneath before storing it. Vacuum the inside, condition the leather, armour all the dash, and put some air freshener inside. Get the car on a hoist and pressure wash the under side to get any dirt and debris from underneath that may be holding moisture. Wash the outside and wax the car if possible, then throw a car cover and your done.
In terms of mechanical i just fill the tank and throw half a litre of ATF fluid in with the gas to keep all the seals and hoses conditioned. When the car comes out in spring i usually like the do 2 oil changes in like 400 km to get everything back to normal after you burn off that old gas.
PS Todays tires wont get all bent out of shape if you leave the car sitting for 6 months, that is an old wifes tale from when tires werent steel belted and such.
it takes fuel 3 years to break down to a point of any worries. The fuel stabilizer is just a waste of money.
I leave the car on my old rims & tires, instead of jacking the car up. I can then keep my good tires warm inside over winter (cold temperatures are not good for performance tires anyway, let alone the aspect of just sitting with weight on them). The other benefit of not leaving the car up on stands is if I ever have a house fire, there’s still a CHANCE of saving the car (push it out of the garage and down the driveway). Good luck if your car is up in the air.
I change oil before and after storage. But the change before storage is the more vital one, for reasons already given by others (Pyrexxx, etc.).
Pulling the rear two sparkplugs on the 300ZXTT is a royal PITA, so I skip the oil in the cylinders step and opt to start the engine every ~3 weeks (+/- a week) instead, depending on the weather (I usually wait until its -5c or warmer out). It takes a few weeks for all the oil to drain out of the heads and I prefer to keep everything well lubed. When I start it I let it come up to temperature and then go through cylces of holding revs up. I will also cycle the A/C on and off a few times. I will usually shut the car down after the muffler cannisters are hot to the touch, which is the best you can do (without actually driving the car) to minimize condensation formation. Doing this method usually avoids the nasty lifter tick upon startup in the spring.
FULL tank of gas and fuel stabilizer is a given. (although I’m having trouble finding a bottle of fuel stabilizer right now. Everywhere seems to be sold out).
I’m probably going to store the Z this weekend. Needs one more wash and one more trip to the gas pumps.
LOL :roll:
Fuel may take that long to break down, but I don’t particularly care. I don’t want it breaking down at all in my car - personal preference. 
I can’t believe I can’t find a decent car cover that isn’t like putting sand paper lined size 40 pants on and 8 year old.
Anyone have any leads on a decent cover for the GTR? I guess a cover that fits a 240 more or less would probably be the closest fit.
I know inzane posted something on 780 about covers. Cover craft. I believe Carlson Autobody and mopac has some decent ones.
Mine is being stored with out one but it is finaly put away as of last sunday. Parked in a Parking lot with 2 skylines and the nice riced out blue SE-R (it looks worse in person)
Dave, I bought a Simoniz general purpose car cover from Crappy tire. It cost 70 bucks, but is the all-weather one. It’s a little rough on the paint I suppose, but since my car is white I can get away with that 
You might want to check out one of the softer indoor ones.
They are sized according to the length of the car, and if I remember correctly, the GTR is about 14’ long. It’s been a while since I measured so that’s basically just a guess.
Check out Canadian Tire and see what they have, there might be a good indoor one for less than $100.
This past winter, I parked my car:
- under a canadian tire car cover
- outdoors, averaging -30, with a few weeks in excess of -50
- a few litres of gas
- on the wheels
- didn’t change the oil till after i dug it out
- no additives to any system
- didn’t disconnect the battery
The car started on the first turn, drove it to my place (it was stored at my boss’ lot), did an oil change, topped it up with fuel and drove it down to calgary. Never had any problems with it. :finga:
Your profile says you are from Edmonton. Those temperatures certainly weren’t here in Edmonton this winter. Averaging minus 30?! Occassional minus 50? Are you sure you didn’t store it in Dawson City, Yukon?
Care to clarify?
I just moved to edmonton last week, I lived in Yellowknife, N.T. for the past 15 years :lol: