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Originally Posted by TruckTruck
I have been storing my car for the winter in a heated garage. I wanted to just start it every weekend to make sure fluids moved around and battery would get charged. However I forgot about it for a month or 2 and the battery was dead, no problem just jumped it and ran it for a while no issues. Week later its completely dead again. Is this just cause its sitting for a week or bad battery. This is the first car I have ever stored so I wouldn't be surprised if I am missing something.
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You shouldn't be starting it unless you are taking it out and driving it
oil will not reach temp just idling, and you will create more issues
either take the battery out (like you said) or hook up battery tender in the garage ( thats what i did, ran the tender underneath so i can close the hood properly and use a cover )
There is countless threads about winter storage, really depends on how in depth you want to go
you may be able to salvage your battery now by using a trickle charger or tender (difference: trickle constantly applies low voltage, tender monitors voltage )
I'm not a professional by any means, this is the info I gathered from the internet