Well, my starting problem was because of gasoline, I tried to light it up with lighter but no go, there was no way to set that gasoline to fire, I don't know why gasoline is so bad nowdays, but it will lose fire ability

One thing to notice is that those fuel lines has these rubber hose parts under the car, usually these have become leaky over time and your fuel lines will be drain empty when car is not used for a while.

Hoses have some kind of fabric surface that hides real problem really well, it can look ok, but it is not oil that makes them look wet, it is gasoline. I have found problem this summer and I was suprised how all my hoses were leaking. I don't know if this is because my car was unused few months at winter, but anyway 1988 to 2005 might do it aswell

My cisac is on floor, I might install it to next MOT, but not before and surely I will remove it right away after MOT, but those carbs are just too annoying things to have in a car

I'm shortly to replace all my fuel hoses to be on the safe side, but they all look fine and dry...?

Nessy fired right up after over 6 months, so maybe our fuel is better?

cheers

James

foggyjames wrote:I'm shortly to replace all my fuel hoses to be on the safe side, but they all look fine and dry...?

Nessy fired right up after over 6 months, so maybe our fuel is better?

cheers

James

It could be different fuel indeed, in here fuel need to be usable at -30C and even colder, so perhaps they put some other stuff into fuel that makes it not last so long.

Coldest weather where I have driven my Volvo was -36C damn that is was awful, I barely could turn wheel it was so heavy, also gears did not go in too well, it took over 1km drive to get all gears in use, heater did pretty good job, windscreen was clear, but sidewindows not too well. After 50km in that weather temp reading was getting to 1/4th

Also engine vibrations did come inside like it would be mounted directly into chassis.

Oh yes, best part is that car was not heated and it still started, took few tryes but it did start even I thought that battery is going to give up. Maybe 10 engine rotations was needed. At first engine turned only 2 rotations, because battery did not give all power yet, at cold weather battery will get more power after one quick start try, quite funny, imo.

Oh, that reminds me, I hate winter

Mick, sounds like you've found yourself a nice 360, are we going to be seeing some pics of it soon!? As for parking, I personally have never had any trouble with starting, my every day car was used practically everyday, but some of my other cars, one had sat for at least one year, in grass, unstarted, battery on, started on the first turn (GLT). However two of my parents GLT's which they ran didn't seem to like starting, they were used for shortish journeys, fairly regularly, however they did always start in the end. One thing to be careful of is parking under trees and near hedges, as the leaves and rubbish can cause some problems and blockages etc if it gets in the engine bay, hmmm, snow caps are useful here! I think a sealed car preserver needs developing for the common market, whereby drive your car in, shut the door, warm it up or dry the car, create a vacuum, the main moisture problem gone! LOL, oh well.
Pete

Oh, PS, jbto -36 is quite something, only a couple of degrees below freezing is plenty for me thanks, that's pretty extreme! But the Volvo's are built to cope with that sort of climate.

foggyjames wrote:I'm shortly to replace all my fuel hoses to be on the safe side, but they all look fine and dry...?

Nessy fired right up after over 6 months, so maybe our fuel is better?

cheers

James

Not the case James our fuel has a shelf life of only 3 months. After that it turns into varnish, well at least smells like it. The volvo engines are very good at running on such poor fuel as they are desighned to do so.


Dai

petefarrell360 wrote:I think a sealed car preserver needs developing for the common market, whereby drive your car in, shut the door, warm it up or dry the car, create a vacuum, the main moisture problem gone! LOL, oh well.

They do exist. My friend had a Porsche 356 in his garage in an inflated cocoon containing a dehumidifier.

cheers

James