ARKADY MIRVIS wrote:

> Hello. > The daughter is in Germany, the wife hates camping. The 1987 Westfalia > in absolute mint condition sits in the garage with 14700 miles. I love > it and resisted all suggestions to sell. > > Any ideas of what to do to properly store this particular > vehicle and assure that its engine will be in the top condition?

Arkady, My 91 sits in a storage unit and is not run (on the roads) for months, it is essentially an RV. I do the following: 1) Battery -maintainer- on battery, maintainers will charge and shut themselves off at a certain voltage 2) Royal purple synthetic lubricants with Prolong in crankcase and manual tranny. This oil is claimed to cling to metallic surfaces for years thereby eliminating "dry" starts after a long sitting up. 3) Despite above: I at least start the engine 1x/week, if possible drive around my storage facility. Additionally, if you have A/C, I turn it on full blast at every weekly running: Been working so far, one (or more?) hydraulic lifters seem to always hang up until I take the Westy out on the road for a good spin, that seems to pump it (them) up nicely.

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