2G Cars Been sitting for years First startup Checklist?

[Crazyjoker77]

Car has not been driven at all in probably 4 years and the little over 1/3 tank of gas is probably almost 8 years old. Car has been stored in a temp/humidty controlled envoriment the entire time.

1. Thinking I should get that gas out with some fresh stuff.
-Should I stick a small tube down the filler and sypon it out?
-Pull off the return line off my aftermarkter FPR and run a temp hose into a bucket and force the pump on with dsmlink?
-Pop out the fuel pump access cover under the rear seat and bail it out?
*I will be changing the fuel filter after I get it running as I already have one laying around.

2. Change the oil and oil filter.

3. reinstall my Hallman MBC i stole and put on my ST205

Any other thoughts to keep in mind before I exciteldy turn the key for the first time in almost half a decade?

 

[1990TSIAWDTALON]

Check all the belts and hoses for degredation. Definitely get the old fuel out however you deem the easiest. Pop the top cover and inspect the timing belt for cracking over the years before you turn it over. Top off ALL fluids and maybe a fresh set of plugs. Wires maybe.

 

[twicks69]

Well, pull plugs, check or replace, clean contacts of coils or spark plug wires or COP whatever you have, lube with dielectric grease. Check all harness connections and grounds. Charge battery, you might want to spray a little electrical component cleaner/lube in the alternator so you don't have it seized up. Personally I would pull the belt and confirm it freely spins. Same with the water pump.

Pull the pump assembly and check the pump filter, you will likely be replacing that at a minimum along with the inline filter.

Connect a drain hose from the outlet of your old inline filter to a bucket and drain off as much as you can, which won't be much because of the darn saddle tank. Your fuel injectors might be seized just so you know. Go to www.speedwaymotors.com and purchase a couple bottles of Manhattan Oil top lube, I prefer Groovy Grape. One bottle treats up to 55 gallons fuel. I would recommend putting in like 4 gallons of fresh 93 octane fuel and 4 ounces of the top lube. If you want, put a few drops of motor oil down the cylinders before installing fresh plugs. Do some dry cranking to get things moving and some oil pressure.

Check condition of engine belts and timing belt. You may want to put it in neutral and do a few rotations with a 1/2" ratchet with the plugs out and confirm your timing marks first as well as make sure nothing is binding up like lifters or jumped timing, etc.

With the transmission, tcase and rear diff, check fluid volume and just top off with cheap Coastal brand 80w90 from advance auto parts or Autozone.
With the car, to get the transmission oil flowing, have it on all 4 jackstands, use a spray lube and spray your driveshaft u joints, and have it in a gear doing low speed spinning after you know the car can run and idle. It's only going to flow oil properly to parts if it is full and in gear. Neutral just spins the input shaft, and it is a splash system. Having the car sitting and idling in neutral for like 30 minutes is not good for the transmission. Have it up and in gear to get things lubed.

After you got good oil pressure at the motor and all is happy with the driveline, do a fluid flush of all things.

You will likely need to completely flush your braking system.

 

[ebizzle22]

Best way to drain the fuel tank would be to disconnect the fuel line going to the fuel rail, jack up the car a bit on the driver side to allow as much of the fuel to drain to the other side, then connect the fuel pump check spade connector under the hood to the battery. It is the black connector wrapped up next to the blue one on the firewall close to the middle. As long as the pump is still good, it will turn on and you can then catch the fuel coming through the fuel line.

 

[AWD-Tony]

+1 what everyone stated above. If you're replacing your fuel filter, I'd empty the tank at the same time. Remove the fuel filter, and attach a hose to the bottom fitting of the fuel filter and use link to pump it out. Remember not to run the pump dry for too long after it pumps out what it can. Make sure the ebrake disengages.

 

[ebizzle22]

Totally forgot you can just use link to activate the fuel pump! Gotta love it!