Thread #27288

Winter and Your Air suspension / Storage ?

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kingpinSeptember 13, 2011
#410930

Winter and Your Air suspension / Storage ?

Gents ..

for some of us winter is Quickly approaching and i would like to know how do you guys store your car Or what precautions are taken for Your air bags over the winter months ..

I am thinking of parking the Y34 for the winter hence the Questions ..

dont say move because its not going to happen LOL
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Gents .. 
 
for some of us winter is Quickly approaching and i would like to know how do you guys store your car Or what precautions are taken for Your air bags over the winter months .. 
 
I am thinking of parking the Y34 for the winter hence the Questions .. 
 
dont say move because its not going to happen LOL
Rodneyc77September 13, 2011
#410957
I drove mine every single day during the winter months... I just added another water trap to the system and drained them and the tank very often. Other than that, I was rolling daily.

I would also recommend adding a cut-off switch to the compressors. Sometimes its so cold out at night (parked outside next to the water/bay/ocean) that the compressors can't achieve the 200psi limit in the morning. So I'll let them run for 10-15 minutes and shut them down with a switch I added.

I never had any major issues. Having air was great during the snow... Specially in NYC... When people dig out their cars, they throw the snow chunks into the middle of the street so cars/buses can crush it... sometimes the chunks of snow are 6" x 6" x 6" ... I had a get over snow chunk preset on my air management... lol...
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I drove mine every single day during the winter months... I just added another water trap to the system and drained them and the tank very often. Other than that, I was rolling daily. 
 
I would also recommend adding a cut-off switch to the compressors. Sometimes its so cold out at night (parked outside next to the water/bay/ocean) that the compressors can't achieve the 200psi limit in the morning. So I'll let them run for 10-15 minutes and shut them down with a switch I added. 
 
I never had any major issues. Having air was great during the snow... Specially in NYC... When people dig out their cars, they throw the snow chunks into the middle of the street so cars/buses can crush it... sometimes the chunks of snow are 6" x 6" x 6" ... I had a get over snow chunk preset on my air management... lol...
Mr.DobackSeptember 14, 2011
#411108
Put this in your lines and you will be set. Truckers use this for their air brakes lines.

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http://www.amazon.com/AIRBRAKE-SYSTEM-ANTI-FREEZE-QUART/dp/B000ABGB2A
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Put this in your lines and you will be set. Truckers use this for their air brakes lines. 

[IMG]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/3102XC1CA4L._SL160_AA160_.jpg[/IMG]

[url]http://www.amazon.com/AIRBRAKE-SYSTEM-ANTI-FREEZE-QUART/dp/B000ABGB2A[/url]