PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - Long term engine storage advice wanted (dismantling 190E Sportline)

Greg in Oz · #7 08-25-2006, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Lostyankee

Is your storage building moisture controlled? If not I would not wrap anything as you may be locking in moisture.
I this car were mine, I would store it somewhere I could start it and bring it up to op. temp. in the spring and fall while running AC and heater and power sterring. Aside from a trickle charging the removed battery and blocking the car so most of the weight is off the suspension and lots of mouse bait and traps, it should be fine.
Avoid car covers that do not breathe ... nothing like the smell of mold to ruin a car.
Check the PH of the coolant.
Look at how the cars are stored in high $ collections!
This method of storage allows several options, like selling the whole car if needed.

I'm not planning to store the car complete. If you look at the photos attached to my last post you will see that the car is accident damaged. I purchased it cheaply as a "repairable write-off". I am dismantling the car for parts (spares for my good 190E-2.3 Sportline). I will keep parts that may be useful to me in the future (especially the unique Sportline parts). I plan to sell parts that I am unlikely to ever need or are unsuitable for my car (eg. auto transmission and black cloth Sportline interior - mine is blue leather). The remainder will be scrapped.

Since I plan to keep the engine, I am seeking opinions on how best to store the KE fuel distributor such that it will be preserved should I ever need it in the future. Some have suggested removing all fuel from the fuel distributor and possibly filling it with a very light grade oil or even diesel fuel. I was told that new fuel distributors were filled with what appeared to be a light oil.