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Old 02-07-07, 04:43 PM
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proper start up of a sitting t2?

yea my friend just got a wire harness put into his t2 and a new turbo cooling line and everything set up and ready to go, only thing is that the car has been sitting for nearly a year now. the motor was rebuilt and started once ever since the wire harness burnt up and thing ended up sitting. any suggestions on how to start it up?
Old 02-07-07, 05:08 PM
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I recommend you turn the key.

If you're really paranoid, you could pull the injector fuse and crank it for a little while before you try to really start it - give the oil injectors time to get things lubricated and build up some fuel pressure since after a year it might have dropped a bit.

A year is marginal on your gas so you might try draining it and refilling but you are probably fine.

Basically I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Old 02-08-07, 07:52 AM
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yeah. just start it.

if you want you can put a couple teaspoons of oil in the plug holes or crank without the plug wires connected until you get an oil pressure reading, but neither is absolutely necessary.
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