[Shotimes] long long time standing...

[Zach Leahy]

Yup, and if you are real paranoid, pull the DIS connector and crank. 
It will prevent ignition and allow you to build pressure.  Sometimes I
will do this after an oil change, but only if' I'm being really bored
and nit-picky.  Otherwise it gets the 10 min oil change.

Z

On 5/18/05, Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> I wouldn't worry about it.
> 
> Last week, I started up my '88 Fiero GT that has not been started since May
> 1999, and the gas tank was filled in the summer of 1998, with lots of
> Sta-Bil in it. The car cranked for maybe 20 seconds, then started. That
> cranking time sent some oil around to the bearings (really doesn't take
> long).
> 
> The oil pump is pretty efficient. Oil will get to the bearings within
> seconds
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Hartberger, Jason M. AT3 (AW)
> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:18 PM
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> Subject: [Shotimes] long long time standing...
> 
> OK, so say an SHO has just been sitting there with no battery for on the
> order of more than a year... are there any special procedures for starting
> it up so that when you do start it up the 3-5 seconds of absolutely no oil
> don't destroy the rod bearings? cos that's what I did on this car i just
> bought, and when I first tried to start it, it acted like it was seized...
> the starter would engage but it wouldn't make it past 1/16th of a rev, then
> when I backed off the engine would kinda go 'whumph'... after figuring out
> the battery terminal was loose I finally got it to start, but after about 2
> minutes of idling and revving it started making a bad knocking sound which
> sounded like it was coming from the bottom end... uh oh... so I turned it
> off and haven't started it back up yet. SO, for future reference, should I
> Like unplug the computer first and just let it crank for a long while before
> I actually start it?
> 
> Looks like I'll be figuring out how to do rod bearings real soon. It's a
> good thing I got this car, though, cos now I can do all the things I want to
> do to my car to it first cos I don't have to worry about *#)%ing my car
> up... like changing the rod bearings, 60Ks, stuff like that... cos
> seriously, the first time I do anything I royally mess it up somehow... the
> first strut I changed (destroyed a half-shaft), the first endlink I changed
> (forgot to put washer between bushing and nut and it self-destructed about
> 500 miles later), the first hood I put on (it still flaps in the wind,
> kinda), the first speaker job ('6X9 possible with some metalwork' MY #*%!ING
> ASS), my first alternator rebuild (ok, so that actually went really well,
> but still!)... you get the point. I've been afraid to swap out my fuel pump
> or fix the odd whining noise or do rod bearings on my car for that reason.
> 
> I like beater cars. :D
> 
> so yeah... any suggestions?
> 
> Jason
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