Starting a stored car....was: RE: [Shotimes] spring ahead

[George Fourchy]

On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 12:33:41 -0500, Paul L Fisher wrote, answering Joseph Van Oss:

>What did you do to put it in storage? I'd say open the door, get in, start
>the car and drive away. If you had disconnected the battery, I'd hook it
>back up 1st though.

Before you start it, crank it over until the oil light goes out, with the fuel pump
button in the trunk popped, or unplug the DIS...do one or the other.  If it starts
too soon without oil up in the crank bearings, you will put a lot of miles on the
rod bearings...if you don't completely wear them out (spin one) by the time it comes
up to 2000 rpm, which it will.

Other than that, just clean it up, and top off the fluids.

If you are anal, you can change the oil.

By the way...you said you were coming out here for spring break.  What happened???

George