Is it bad for the car if you haven't start your vehicle for a while?
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Because of the winter season, the cold weather eat up my vehicle battery. I has left my 7th gen civic without charging the battery or start it up. I'm wondering is it bad for a vehicle that haven't driving for a while that needed to start up and needed to be drive? What is the outcome of a vehicle? Needed further info thanks in advance!!
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well its not good for the car did you at least add some fuel stabilizer also critters will set up camp in your engine bay and chew on stuff.
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If the battery sat in a discharged state, it is now most likely bad.
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How long has it sat? Less than a year, you will be fine.
I have let cars sit 3 years and they ran more or less ok.
Fresh fuel helped performancewise, but I can deal with darn near anything.
I have let cars sit 3 years and they ran more or less ok.
Fresh fuel helped performancewise, but I can deal with darn near anything.
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Sorry for me being the ****, but "what the outcome of grammar bad for answer good?"
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I agree with ezone, you should be fine. We had a car parked for about a year between running it for more than one occasion. That was because it's kind of our "vacation car" of sorts. Anyways, we've had very few problems with it. I'd just say to give it a visual once over, if you have plenty of small critters to check the hoses (you never know), and either drain the fuel tank, or keep putting fresh petrol in so you can dilute out the sh** that's been sitting in there for a long while.
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I agree with ezone, you should be fine. We had a car parked for about a year between running it for more than one occasion. That was because it's kind of our "vacation car" of sorts. Anyways, we've had very few problems with it. I'd just say to give it a visual once over, if you have plenty of small critters to check the hoses (you never know), and either drain the fuel tank, or keep putting fresh petrol in so you can dilute out the sh** that's been sitting in there for a long while.
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Im not worried about small critters the winter here woulda killed them off haha. The cars gunna be sitting for about 3/4 of a year being driven bi-weekly for like 15 minutes just to keep the engine running. The only way i can turn my car on is by boosting it
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You need a fresh battery, then you need to invest in a battery maintainer to keep it fully charged.
Running it for 15 minutes every 2 weeks is probably not enough to keep it charged up.
Running it for 15 minutes every 2 weeks is probably not enough to keep it charged up.
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Oh i know for sure that the battery needs changing its given me problems before i put it away. But i said id just boost it until i pull my car out again then ill buy a fresh one. The cold weather killed it for sure, like it couldnt maintain a charge for two hours, but with warmer weather coming back its been able to hold a charge for a while, granted it still needs to be changed either way
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