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Starting car first time in 8 months...Any prep?

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Woodsy0

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Apr 1, 2004
Lexington, Massachusetts
As it says, my car has been on stands for the past 8 months for a clutch swap, a custom exhaust weld, some suspension issues, rebuilding the axles, painting the headlights black, replacing the seized rear toe arms, etc. etc., and I'm going to be turning it over for the first time since it went up this weekend. Any kind of prep I need to do beforehand? I didn't think I needed to, just wanted to be sure.

Thanks,
Scott
 
Just make sure you changed the oil in it and added something to the fuel system or drained it. The car isn't going to want to run that well on 8 month old gas. Other than that just turn the key to make sure the fuel pump prime's and whatnot and turn it over.
 
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