So with nowhere to go I've been starting the cossie up and letting it warm up, fan kick in and turning it off.
Been doing this for a few months now.

Its always on a battery conditioner but i thought starting it and getting the fluids moving was a good idea but I'm wondering now
if I'm dojng the correct thing?

Whats your thoughts?

 

Personally I don't think it can be a bad thing just to keep everything moving. I used to do the same when I had motorcycles. During the winter when they didn't get ridden I'd just fire them up a few times and let them run for a bit. The only difference is I cycled them through the gears as I always used to keep my bikes up on a paddock stand. Quite scary looking back cos I had one bike up to some stupid speeds up on the stand in the garage! If it ever came off it would've been carnage. Sounded bloody good with a race pipe on doing 150 in the garage though

 

Don't really see a lot of point.

Having it sit and idle doesn't really offer a lot of benefit.

Stick the battery on a charge to keep it topped up, and drive it now and again if you can. If you cannot drive, maybe start every 3-6 months or so and check the clutch hasn't stuck itself to the flywheel/pressure plate.

How long overall will it be sitting ? Warm garage, cold, other ?

And as with all things like this that are maybe out of sight....tracker ?

 

Thanks for the replies.

My thinking was to keep thinks moving from time to time so nothing seized.

I keep it on a conditioner so the alarm and tracker is always active.

 

I'd also do a few short forward and reverse runs even just within the garage to engage the clutch and keep the brakes from seizing.

 

It's... worse.

While the idea of getting all parts (especially inside the engine) moving might be good, building up condensed water in the engine, and the exhaust system is the bad thing about it. Plus every time you start it (usually once a month?) is a cold start which isn't that good for the engine AND as most of the oil will run down to the oil sump so it will take some time until oil pressure is built up and oil is everywhere it should be (in the bearings, in the followers, between camshaft and followers etc.). And you still want to do this several times during the winter???

When sitting in a dry garage you don't have to fear your pads get stuck on the disks. Bigger problem with such cars usually is the pads getting stuck in the carriers. And turning the engine on in the winter won't do anything about this.
So when you REALLY want to get the parts inside the engine moving turn it by hand.