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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 10:02 PM
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My car is jacked up at my friend's garage right now and it will be until tomorrow because today, while i was doing oil change, oil filter got stuck somehow and could not get it out. so i'd have to finish it up tomorrow. but i was just wondering, if its okay to leave the car jacked up.
it's jacked up on the front right behind the two front wheels with jack stands...
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 10:19 PM
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Should be fine, don't worry about it
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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 01:43 AM
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I'd be a lot more worried about what's up with your oil filter.
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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 02:55 AM
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Mine spends the whole winter,jacked on all four,sometimes.
So,Don't worry.
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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 04:44 AM
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I'm contemplating this for my car over the winter as I want to do some work on it as well.

My only worry is the suspension is spending a long time beyond it's normal travel. Will this not damage the rubber bushes?
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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 04:52 AM
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When I leave it up in the air,I take off the wheels,so I can clean snd wax them,and I use them as a coffee table over the winter.!!!
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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 07:20 AM
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Page 206 of the owners manual suggests that you put the car on stands for extended periods of time.
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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 07:47 AM
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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 08:09 AM
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I left my car on jack stands for a few weeks at one point, its not a problem. The only thing you need to worry about is if you leave all that weight supported by a jack only because it will usually fail after about a week. This happened to me twice, but I had bricks underneath the car just in case and when I came back to the garage the car was on the bricks and their was hydraulic fluid all over the floor.
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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 09:28 AM
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For 2-3 months with out wheels on is it worth putting wooden blocks under the ball joints just to take the strain on the bushes?
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