Cupra off the road

[A9_SLU]

My Cupra is currently off the road and has been since September is there anything that I should do to stop things corroding? It is in a dry garage so I am hoping it will be ok.

Will it matter if the battery goes flat for a long period of time?

Also when I go back to drive it again in a couple of weeks are there any precautions that I need to take obviously check all the levels and let it warm up properly. Just wondered if there was anything else I should do.

Thanks in advance Adam

 

[ian_cupra]

battery will be well flat, i'd be careful of brakes too, as they will have a massive build up of crap, so wont be good at all for a while

 

[Swordjo]

If it's been sitting for about 5 months (ish) when you start to use it again, I'd change the oil just to be on the safe side.

Battery wise you could get a trickle charge to stop any issues with the battery going flat.

If it's in a warms garage it wouldn't be too worried about rust. And check brakes as per above.

 

[A9_SLU]

Good point didn’t think about the brakes they might have corroded on. What’s the best way to free them up or should pulling away do this?

 

[A9_SLU]

If it's been sitting for about 5 months (ish) when you start to use it again, I'd change the oil just to be on the safe side.

Battery wise you could get a trickle charge to stop any issues with the battery going flat.

If it's in a warms garage it wouldn't be too worried about rust. And check brakes as per above.

Stupidly I got it serviced just before taking it off the road so I was hoping the oil will be ok.

Unfortunately the garage that I am keeping it in does not have power so I can’t use a trickle charger I will just have to use a normal battery charger when i get back. Do you think there will be any issues with the ecu if it has now power for a long period of time?

 

[ian_cupra]

mine was sat for 4 months once, brakes free'd up easy, just drove off and they were fine, and it was left outside so shouldnt be too bad

 

[olethalb]

disconnect the battery, leave the handbrake off and chock the wheels, also for piece of mind, spray a can of wd40 around the engine bay and i'd personally put a cover over it. you can get leaks in the garage that over a period of time will stain the paint. give it a damn good hoover and polish inside too before parking it up.

 

[ian_cupra]

its been sat since sept already

 

[olethalb]

 

[A9_SLU]

disconnect the battery, leave the handbrake off and chock the wheels, also for piece of mind, spray a can of wd40 around the engine bay and i'd personally put a cover over it. you can get leaks in the garage that over a period of time will stain the paint. give it a damn good hoover and polish inside too before parking it up.

That would have been a really good list of things to do in Hind sight. I did give it a really good hover and polish before I parked it up. So at least I did one thing right. Lol

 

[rogers]

mines off the road and iv got a solor trickle charge as my lock up doesn t have power!! keeps the alarm on then!

 

[A9_SLU]

Solor trickle charge sounds good are they exspensive?

 

[rogers]

10quid from maplin, i litrally just started mine and it started first time, no problem

 

[Reuvers]

best bet would have been to take wheels off as well (too late now obviously) because they can go square sitting on same spot for long period of time.

If brakes are really corroded use a metal brush and simply push the car forward to get to the parts you can;t reach (ie behind pads or rims)