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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Shalom                                                    87 GL
Mark Magee                                            91 Westy
Kemah TX USA                                      96 Suzuki 4WD Sport
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