RV sitting for over 2 years - recommendations
So, I am still shopping and have found an RV that has been sitting up for a while: It is a 2006 Phaeton with 15,000 miles. The owner says it has not been used in a little over 2 years, he cranks it a...
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I'm of a different mind 2 years while not good, isn't a killer .. Farmers let Machines set and have no problems.
I agree more with 3 ..... only I'd add that I'd test all the fluids ( send a sample to labs ) in fact I'd make oil/ tyrany and coolant tests part of the purchase ... Good reports or no sale then change oil And oil and fuel filters but id just change the tyrany filters the synthetic in there has little chance of being a problem. To be honest the rig hasn't even been broke in yet. Sure the sitting isn't good for it but it isn't a death sentence. Especially since I doubt your planning on getting even 500,000 miles out of it ! Just a portion of its rated life.
The company I worked for changed tractor oil based on oil samples ... At around 100,000 miles !! and we had tractors that were 1.1-1.5 million miles with little or no work
I agree more with 3 ..... only I'd add that I'd test all the fluids ( send a sample to labs ) in fact I'd make oil/ tyrany and coolant tests part of the purchase ... Good reports or no sale then change oil And oil and fuel filters but id just change the tyrany filters the synthetic in there has little chance of being a problem. To be honest the rig hasn't even been broke in yet. Sure the sitting isn't good for it but it isn't a death sentence. Especially since I doubt your planning on getting even 500,000 miles out of it ! Just a portion of its rated life.
The company I worked for changed tractor oil based on oil samples ... At around 100,000 miles !! and we had tractors that were 1.1-1.5 million miles with little or no work
