What happens if your car is not driven for a year?
If this does not clear up after a few weeks, you may have flat spots in the O-Rings in the VANOS actuators that won’t seat anymore after a year of inactivity. Replacing them is not too hard. BMW does not sell the O-rings as separate parts, but aftermarket vendors do. Thanks for the reply.
Is it OK to put your car in the garage for 2 years?
If that driving report is accurate you are fine. Change the fluids when you get it (oil, brake, antifreeze, transmission), have the tires inspected and enjoy your low mileage vehicle. If it is a good price I’d defiantly consider it. 2 years in a garage is a lot different than 5 years outside.
When did the seller leave the car in the garage?
From photos and a call with the seller, it appears to be in excellent shape and the seller sounds sincere. But it’s barely been driven since the seller moved away and left the car with a relative in May, 2012. Since then: -They’ve kept up the inspections and registration, and left it in the garage.
What happens to your car when you leave it in the garage?
Being in a non-climate controlled environment, the brakes did not rust solid, but the interior filled with mold from the freeze and thaw cycles of the seasons. During the time it was stored inside, I also had a lot of problems with mice. I didn’t have any mice problems when it was outside the first time.
What happens if a car is not driven for a while?
Turing the key to the On position and with extreme anticipation……THAT SIX VOLT STARTER SPUN LIKE IT WAS A JET AIRPLANE’S ENGINE!!! And I couldn’t let the key go quick enough as she started and reved and was running like it was a brand new engine.
What happens if you leave your car in the garage for 5 months?
I’ve heard that if you leave your car sitting without driving it for 5 months, it will start developing problems. In the time span of only one year, you can generally expect only 3 potential problems: The battery will be dead or near dead, and will need to be charged. The tires may develop flat spots that can be felt when driving.
What happens if your car hasn’t been started in 2-3 years?
If it hadn’t been started in 2-3 years though, I’d want to tear the engine down and inspect. Sitting for that long has the potential for some pretty nasty build-up and/or corrosion, especially in the case of a bad head-gasket or the numerous other mechanical problems that people allow their cars to sit because of. rofl what? 2-3 years is nothing.
Why is it bad to let your car sit on the ground?
Here are more reasons not to let your car sit for several weeks or longer: Tires slowly lose air under all conditions but especially during cold weather. As they do, the weight of the car keeps pressing down on the tires, which causes flat spots to develop on the segments sitting on the ground.