Hi,

I am looking for a help to get my FD started that has been sitting awhile. Like 4 months.

I asked my old folks to start her up every so often and drive around but they just forgot about the fact that I asked them to do that.

I am thinking taking the fuel pump relay out and give a good 10~20 seconds of turn over before starting her up?

It was sitting in the garage covered the whole time.

I have a small request. Could someone please post photo of the location and the relay so I can tell my old folks to do what I need them to do? I am in the west now and the car is in the east. While I am very tempted but I really don't want to fly out there just to start her up. I am trying to get her shipped out my way this month.

Thank you for your help.

Michael

 

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Number 2

 

Four months isn't all that long, I think you'll be fine. I would be more concerned about the battery going dead if you didn't leave it on a trickle charger.

 

Only 4 months? charge the battery and start it up.

 

Actually, I would pull the fuse and crank until you have oil pressure. This is one of the primary causes of premature turbo bearing failure - it sits for a long time (like all winter in NE cars), the oil drains out into the pan leaving dry bearings. You start the car, get the 3000 RPM startup, the turbos wind up to speed, and you have a few seconds of metal on metal.

It's easy to do and cheap insurance.

Really, just pull the EGI fuse, it's easy to pull and on the fuse block on the positive battery terminal. Pull it, crank about 15-20 seconds until you see oil pressure on the oil pressure gauge. Stop, put fuse in, start and drive car as normal.

Dale