Buying a van that has been sitting for years?
I've been searching and searching, but it's hard to find a van with the specs I want. I just talked to a guy who is selling one. The catch is, he inherited it, and it has not been driven since his...
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Now that we're telling stories, I'll add another.
A fellow snowbird just traded in his DW's Jeep Wrangler for a brand new one because of low oil pressure. He told me the worst thing a person can do is leave a car sit for six months while they were down south for the winter. Coming from boarder country I told him we do that all the time, plus people store their MH's all winter with no problems at all. This fellow is a very smart guy so his statement bothered me for a long time.
It finally occurred to me that maybe his problem is where he lived which was Kentucky. His area has a lot of freeze/thaw cycles over the winter which I'm betting generated condensation in the engine block. Since he did the right thing by changing the oil in the fall, he would just start the Jeep up after coming back home to Kentucky. That condensation I think helped wear out the main rod bearings causing the low oil pressure. When I asked him about it he said "yes the oil was a little creamy at first, but went away quickly."
He now changes his oil prior to startup, only time will tell if that was the real problem or not.
A fellow snowbird just traded in his DW's Jeep Wrangler for a brand new one because of low oil pressure. He told me the worst thing a person can do is leave a car sit for six months while they were down south for the winter. Coming from boarder country I told him we do that all the time, plus people store their MH's all winter with no problems at all. This fellow is a very smart guy so his statement bothered me for a long time.
It finally occurred to me that maybe his problem is where he lived which was Kentucky. His area has a lot of freeze/thaw cycles over the winter which I'm betting generated condensation in the engine block. Since he did the right thing by changing the oil in the fall, he would just start the Jeep up after coming back home to Kentucky. That condensation I think helped wear out the main rod bearings causing the low oil pressure. When I asked him about it he said "yes the oil was a little creamy at first, but went away quickly."
He now changes his oil prior to startup, only time will tell if that was the real problem or not.
