Ladi Up Morgan - Advice Please
Discussion
Hi,
Visiting my Mother at weekend I realised that her 13K mile 1986 Plus 8 hadn't been started in a year or so. Knowing that leaving cars like these in the garage does them no favour, I hooked up the battery and she started second time. I didn't give her any gas to begin with. Seems to be running great.
Leaving the car to tick over for a few minutes, I checked the :-
1) Oil (was clear and up to the high level)
2) Water - the black bottle is useless for knowing how much water is in the system. It has an overflow so i just topped it up.
We took her on a 10 mile drive (nothing about 3000-4000 RPM) and she ran great. That Rover V8 sounds great. The oil guage dropped below 2 on tick over and went over 2 on acceleration. Is that high enough? Temperature was constant at 90 degrees.
Anyway, the point of all of this is that I wondered if I know should have done something differently? It turns out that the car hasn't been serviced in 5 years. (Oil and brake fluid was changed then) Do you think it needs another service?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Regards
Paulo
Visiting my Mother at weekend I realised that her 13K mile 1986 Plus 8 hadn't been started in a year or so. Knowing that leaving cars like these in the garage does them no favour, I hooked up the battery and she started second time. I didn't give her any gas to begin with. Seems to be running great.
Leaving the car to tick over for a few minutes, I checked the :-
1) Oil (was clear and up to the high level)
2) Water - the black bottle is useless for knowing how much water is in the system. It has an overflow so i just topped it up.
We took her on a 10 mile drive (nothing about 3000-4000 RPM) and she ran great. That Rover V8 sounds great. The oil guage dropped below 2 on tick over and went over 2 on acceleration. Is that high enough? Temperature was constant at 90 degrees.
Anyway, the point of all of this is that I wondered if I know should have done something differently? It turns out that the car hasn't been serviced in 5 years. (Oil and brake fluid was changed then) Do you think it needs another service?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Regards
Paulo
Wacky Racer said:
[quote=pauloamore]Thanks for the advice.
No, what I recommend you do is buy an "accumate" charger from here:-(If you don't have one already)
www.thegreenreaper.co.uk/ShowDetails.asp?id=761
Leave it permanantly linked up to the battery, (It will not overcharge it), then you can run the engine for ten minutes every week or so, to keep things fresh, but also a full service is a must, or at the very least an oil and filter change, like most things prevention is better than cure....
Good luck
No, what I recommend you do is buy an "accumate" charger from here:-(If you don't have one already)
www.thegreenreaper.co.uk/ShowDetails.asp?id=761
Leave it permanantly linked up to the battery, (It will not overcharge it), then you can run the engine for ten minutes every week or so, to keep things fresh, but also a full service is a must, or at the very least an oil and filter change, like most things prevention is better than cure....
Good luck
Thanks for the advice. Problem is that the car is garaged for literally six months at a time - no one home. Are they safe to be plugged in for that long? Fire etc is the main concern.
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