As the title states I'm getting a new project car:eyebrows: but the inspection sticker is from '98....
Assuming it hasn't ran since then, what do you guy recommend as far as starting it up?
BTW pics and a project log to follow:thumb:
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As the title states I'm getting a new project car:eyebrows: but the inspection sticker is from '98....
Assuming it hasn't ran since then, what do you guy recommend as far as starting it up?
BTW pics and a project log to follow:thumb:
Well I would start by clearing the fuel system completely, blowing the lines clear especially. Replace fluids. Oil change and fuel filter change. The start it up and see how it works. I wouldn't worry about the transmission fluids yet. Check belts for cracks on the under side. I normally budget into replacing belts, hoses, fluids, and filters. Then I replace pads and rotors myself when ready to drive. Mainly depends on how much you want to put into the budget of the product.
Good luck! What kind of car is it?
I don't know what kind of car we are talking about, but if it is a TM or something with an auxiliary oil pump drive, prime the oil pump before starting.
I'd replace the fuel hoses under the hood for sure, they are a classic fire hazard! +1 about cleaning the fuel system.
I'd pull the plugs, and squirt oil into the cylinders, and then see if it turns by hand OK. If so, unplug both the HEP connectors and crank the motor with the plugs out to get the oil circulated before starting.
what kind of car is it?
+1 on thisQuote:
Originally Posted by raccoon
^GREAT advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spraynlog
Spin that puppy over before ever trying to start it. Get all the oil into everything.
Fuel system forsure.
Most likely the car is going to need a fuel pump. Drain all the bad gas out, replace lines and filter, check all fluids, put air in the tires and check for cracking etc.
Also before you decide to fire the car check for rodents and other objects in the airbox/ intake tract.
We chewed up a dead mouse body in the turbo of our car once because the car had been sitting 5+ years and between then critters decided to make it a home
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Thanks for the advice guys!
Of course it's a TM :D
So far the tank has been replaced and the fuel pump
for my GLH that had been sitting, never even rolled since 1994...just this last summer, I filled the cylinders with marble mystery oil...let it seep past the rings (it sat for about 2 months with it in there....threw a hot battery in...dumped some gas down the (carb for me)...hit the key...fired right up after about 30 seconds of cranking :p