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Before you leave your car for a while (more than a year)
1. Car on the jack stands. Take off wheels
2. battery disconnected or battery maintainer
3. change all fluid (eg. engine, brake, tranny, diff, coolant etc)
4. lube hinges, joints. silicon spray on rubber components, light rust inhibitor on bare metals
5. Clean your car, wax the exterior and dress up interior
6. Block some openings so that insect doesn’t get in to any parts or inside
7. drop some oil in the piston chamber. the oil will protect the piston surface and ring seals.
8. turn the crank, don’t let the valve springs be compressed
9. Leave about 1/3 gas in the tank, put some sta-bil. You will fill the tank full with fresh gas when it comes to drive the car again
10. Cover your car, store it insideBefore you drive your car again
1. Change fluids
2. buy a new battery (depending on how long you don’t drive)
3. take a look everything closely, find cracks or rust
4. clean your car, take off debris, dusts, insect shits etc…
5. Fresh gas
6. turn the crank with hand, circulate the oil through the engineIf the car starts up successfully,
1. drive it around, waste some gas, get new gas (again.)
2. listen your car carefully. make sure everything is fine.
3. Come back, run some tests and check (eg, compression, oil pressure, water/oil temp, bearing, ball joints, read obd etc…)I have searched about it since I’m going army end of this year. She will have to wait for me for more than two years in the garage alone.
Please add if you have other tipsBefore you leave your car for a while (more than a year)
1. Car on the jack stands. Take off wheels
2. battery disconnected or battery maintainer
3. change all fluid (eg. engine, brake, tranny, diff, coolant etc)
4. lube hinges, joints. silicon spray on rubber components, light rust inhibitor on bare metals
5. Clean your car, wax the exterior and dress up interior
6. Block some openings so that insect doesn’t get in to any parts or inside
7. drop some oil in the piston chamber. the oil will protect the piston surface and ring seals.
8. turn the crank, don’t let the valve springs be compressed
9. Leave about 1/3 gas in the tank, put some sta-bil. You will fill the tank full with fresh gas when it comes to drive the car again
10. Cover your car, store it insideBefore you drive your car again
1. Change fluids
2. buy a new battery (depending on how long you don’t drive)
3. take a look everything closely, find cracks or rust
4. clean your car, take off debris, dusts, insect shits etc…
5. Fresh gas
6. turn the crank with hand, circulate the oil through the engineIf the car starts up successfully,
1. drive it around, waste some gas, get new gas (again.)
2. listen your car carefully. make sure everything is fine.
3. Come back, run some tests and check (eg, compression, oil pressure, water/oil temp, bearing, ball joints, read obd etc…)I have searched about it since I’m going army end of this year. She will have to wait for me for more than two years in the garage alone.
Please add if you have other tipsI started to repair my car myself because I couldn’t find any shop satisfying me (Now I know several lol) I took more than an hour to change the oil because I want to make sure all the oil is drained out and check everything (and go to eat) Sure I can do it in 5 minutes, but that’s not me
I also do some simple repair or things I can do for my friends. and when they say they like my job, I do feel great
However, I have a friend who complained I took too much time for an oil change. He then went to a crappy shop to change his oil for 40 bucks. No filter change, mineral oil. Ha, his car has several problem now, and I don’t want to talk about it
I started to repair my car myself because I couldn’t find any shop satisfying me (Now I know several lol) I took more than an hour to change the oil because I want to make sure all the oil is drained out and check everything (and go to eat) Sure I can do it in 5 minutes, but that’s not me
I also do some simple repair or things I can do for my friends. and when they say they like my job, I do feel great
However, I have a friend who complained I took too much time for an oil change. He then went to a crappy shop to change his oil for 40 bucks. No filter change, mineral oil. Ha, his car has several problem now, and I don’t want to talk about it
my miata friend uses here ——– http://www.autohausaz.com/html/brandnames.html
they seems to carry only some major parts, so not sure whether they have the cable or not.
try to find Mazda OEM online parts shop. it would be useful as long as you have the caralso, junk yard is a good option if it is not hard to pull out yourself.
Good luck 😀
my miata friend uses here ——– http://www.autohausaz.com/html/brandnames.html
they seems to carry only some major parts, so not sure whether they have the cable or not.
try to find Mazda OEM online parts shop. it would be useful as long as you have the caralso, junk yard is a good option if it is not hard to pull out yourself.
Good luck 😀
yes I overfilled the engine oil. I guess about 8 liters of oil total was in the block lol and yes, I saw the oil is red, but thought my friend got a red oil from somewhere banana: another clue was that I got the oil cap open so the oil should be drained smoothly, but it was not.
it is nice that you did double check right after you got the problem. you could blow your engine with air filter change banana: banana: the problem always comes from where we were hahaha
also nice to hear that you survived with the trashed tire lol it could be very dangerous if you hang some sharp turns or enter the freeway. I have the experience too. I washed my car at a self cleaning and heard a pop! sound when I am getting out. I just thought I step on a piece of plastic. the car felt fine. I drove slowly and took a local (about 2 miles) because it was middle of rush hour. the next morning, my tire was damned with a nail haha
just wondering, so MAF sensor is attached to the air filter on hyundai elantra??
yes I overfilled the engine oil. I guess about 8 liters of oil total was in the block lol and yes, I saw the oil is red, but thought my friend got a red oil from somewhere banana: another clue was that I got the oil cap open so the oil should be drained smoothly, but it was not.
it is nice that you did double check right after you got the problem. you could blow your engine with air filter change banana: banana: the problem always comes from where we were hahaha
also nice to hear that you survived with the trashed tire lol it could be very dangerous if you hang some sharp turns or enter the freeway. I have the experience too. I washed my car at a self cleaning and heard a pop! sound when I am getting out. I just thought I step on a piece of plastic. the car felt fine. I drove slowly and took a local (about 2 miles) because it was middle of rush hour. the next morning, my tire was damned with a nail haha
just wondering, so MAF sensor is attached to the air filter on hyundai elantra??
wow eric fire!! haha
I’m a DIYer. One day, my friend asked me to change the engine oil. he has an accord. I dug down under the car and found that the drain plug is somewhat weird. It is supposed to be a hexagonal bolt, but it was square 3/8″ bolt. anyways, I took it off, and drained all the oil.
After refilling, we did test drive. the car was suddenly jerking. we returned to the garage, and googled an oil change can blow a transmission. :woohoo: and somehow I pulled out the tranny oil dip stick. yes, the transmission oil was all gone banana: banana:
here’s why I made the mistake. I have a RWD car, and have never been under a FWD car. So, in my world, there is only one drain plug in the engine block, and the tranny is supposed to be waaaaay back there. unfortunately, the first drain plug I found under my friend’s car was the transmission plug.
wow eric fire!! haha
I’m a DIYer. One day, my friend asked me to change the engine oil. he has an accord. I dug down under the car and found that the drain plug is somewhat weird. It is supposed to be a hexagonal bolt, but it was square 3/8″ bolt. anyways, I took it off, and drained all the oil.
After refilling, we did test drive. the car was suddenly jerking. we returned to the garage, and googled an oil change can blow a transmission. :woohoo: and somehow I pulled out the tranny oil dip stick. yes, the transmission oil was all gone banana: banana:
here’s why I made the mistake. I have a RWD car, and have never been under a FWD car. So, in my world, there is only one drain plug in the engine block, and the tranny is supposed to be waaaaay back there. unfortunately, the first drain plug I found under my friend’s car was the transmission plug.
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