Storage - Battery question

[ryant601]

First season storing the car in the winter in my apartment building's parking garage. I'll be storing it until March or April and currently I have the battery left alone and the car covered. My intent was just to leave it alone until spring, but now my only concern is the battery going dead and all that comes with that (mainly if the ECU will have any issues being that it's tuned).

I don't have access to power down there so I can't use a tender...am I better off starting it once a week or letting the battery die?

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[Nagare]

Any problem with removing the battery and leaving it on a tender in your apartment?

 

[ryant601]

Any problem with removing the battery and leaving it on a tender in your apartment?

True, but it wouldn't help the car not having a battery issue, losing settings etc.

 

[StangTime]

Don't leave the battery in the car to suffer a slow death. Once you start to sulfate the plates it all goes down hill fast and you'll have to replace that battery long before it's time. Take it out and find a place to keep it charged on a tender.
Don't worry about your settings. All that stuff can be entered again.

 

[Nagare]

So you either:
- remove the battery and lose your settings
- leave it to die and lose your settings
- occasionally start the car cold and leave it running in a parking garage for an indeterminate amount of time which also involves removing the cover


The battery being out or dead won't affect the ECU, all it does it clear the radio presets and time.

 

[ryant601]

So you either:
- remove the battery and lose your settings
- leave it to die and lose your settings
- occasionally start the car cold and leave it running in a parking garage for an indeterminate amount of time which also involves removing the cover


The battery being out or dead won't affect the ECU, all it does it clear the radio presets and time.

My main concern was the ECU, so that answers that. Could care less about the settings. Seems like the best option is to take battery out and leave it on a tender.

Thanks guys

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