5 minute winter maintenance

victorgte · 4th January 2014, 17:07

Noticed my offside rear door was difficult to open from the outside.

5 minutes of pumping WD40 into each door handle mechanism has freed all of them up and all 4 doors work fine including the dodgy one.

With such bad weather, heavy rain and all sorts for dirty spray on our cars it makes sense to oil, grease or spray your moving bits from time to time

planenut · 4th January 2014, 17:36

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Originally Posted by victorgte

it makes sense to oil, grease or spray your moving bits from time to time

that's what I used to tell my ex-wife!

rover10 · 4th January 2014, 19:07

What with Vaseline. !!Plane nut!!!

riclin · 4th January 2014, 19:16

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Originally Posted by victorgte

Noticed my offside rear door was difficult to open from the outside.

5 minutes of pumping WD40 into each door handle mechanism has freed all of them up and all 4 doors work fine including the dodgy one.

With such bad weather, heavy rain and all sorts for dirty spray on our cars it makes sense to oil, grease or spray your moving bits from time to time

WOW! thats weird!! ........ did exactly the same thing today.after the wife complained the door was too hard to open! all ok now tho'

pab · 4th January 2014, 19:26

Small amount of penetrating oil is fine on the handles and hinges. Don't put any in the door lock mechanisms, WD-40 will break down the lithium grease these are packed with and will attract moisture. Then they fail.

bl52krz · 4th January 2014, 19:57

Spray grease mine every 4 weeks during the winter months. Doors open like they were on silk, sssmmmooooottttthhh.

windrush · 4th January 2014, 20:00

Mine has just come back from a major service and I did notice that the moving parts on the doors were well greased

BaroqueMoon · 4th January 2014, 21:19

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Originally Posted by pab

Small amount of penetrating oil is fine on the handles and hinges. Don't put any in the door lock mechanisms, WD-40 will break down the lithium grease these are packed with and will attract moisture. Then they fail.

Will silicone spray do the same?
What would you recommend for locks.

Edit: Lithium grease spray I would guess

Only just found out about it.

RN3212 · 5th January 2014, 19:15

A very good Mechanic I know insists Carbeurettor Cleaner is the best stuff to use on all locks and ignition barrels.I use in on mine a few times a year and never have any trouble with stiff locks etc.

victorgte · 5th January 2014, 19:34

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Originally Posted by pab

Small amount of penetrating oil is fine on the handles and hinges. Don't put any in the door lock mechanisms, WD-40 will break down the lithium grease these are packed with and will attract moisture. Then they fail.

Good point to make. When the car was serviced in December, he went over the whole car spraying grease in all the places that were required.

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pab Banned MG ZT V6 190+ Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Leeds Posts: 33,223 Thanks: 41 Thanked 1,614 Times in 1,416 Posts	Small amount of penetrating oil is fine on the handles and hinges. Don't put any in the door lock mechanisms, WD-40 will break down the lithium grease these are packed with and will attract moisture. Then they fail.