Cars been sitting for 2 years... Experts HELP

[supraman7mgte]

After sitting for 2 years,ya might wanna change every fluid the car has on it. Including the hard to find blinker fluid.
Depending on how it was driven before storage,and weather conditions it was parked in add to the factor. Don't cheap out on maintenance,it's YOUR car,do it right

 

[OfnaRcR4]

Replace the fuel.
Replace the oil.
Change the filter.
Remove the sparkplugs.
Crank the starter, with the plugs removed, until you get actual oil pressure.
Give the starter a rest.
Run the starter again until you get pressure.
Add the plugs.
Start the motor.

This sounds good. Anyway, since i'm considering a car that has been sitting for 5 years i just wanted to know how you would drain the fuel tank.

 

[Supracentral]

This sounds good. Anyway, since i'm considering a car that has been sitting for 5 years i just wanted to know how you would drain the fuel tank.

The best method by far would be to drop the tank out of the car and clean it out.

Another would be to disconnect a fuel line and then jumper FP in the diagnoisic block under the hood and just turn the key to on. It will pump the tank MOSTLY empty, but it risks running a lot of crap through the pump and the filters.

If the tank was not 100% full when the car was stored, I'll bet you've got rust in there.

 

[NewWestSupras]

theres a drain plug in the bottom of the tank. You just unscrew it.

 

[Supracentral]

Well yea, there is that.

 

[jetjock]

Been a while since I was under there but I could swear my tank has a drain plug. *edit* oops, NWS beat me

I'd do what SC suggested and drop the tank. If not here's what I do on Bosch K Jetronic systems. The K Jet is a mechanical fuel injection system with very precision parts used on some collector cars that are often improperly stored. It's notorious for being easily ruined by old fuel and very expensive to replace.

Drain the tank and flush. Add a couple of gallons of white gas (Coleman lantern fuel) or a toluene based solvent like Berryman's. Run the fuel pump for 30 minutes to circulate the solvent then drain. Change the fuel filter then add a couple gallons fresh fuel along with a full dose of a polyether amine based injector cleaner like Techcron or Redline SI-1. Then run the engine at a high idle for an hour.

 

[Supracentral]

I'd do what SC suggested and drop the tank. If not here's what I do on Bosch K Jetronic systems. The K Jet is a mechanical fuel injection system with very precision parts used on some collector cars that are often improperly stored. It's notorious for being easily ruined by old fuel and very expensive to replace.

I am having flashbacks of my old E30 M3...

Drain the tank and flush. Add a couple of gallons of white gas (Coleman lantern fuel) or a solvent like Berryman's. Run the fuel pump to circulate the solvent then drain. Change the fuel filter then add a couple gallons fresh fuel along with a full dose of a polyether amine based injector cleaner like Techcron or Redline SI-1. Then run the engine at a high idle for an hour.

That's almost word for word what Jim Conforti had me do with that car.

 

[jetjock]

Ja, german engineering. I never know whether to shake my head at it or nod in admiration. The K Jet isn't a hard system but those who don't take the time to understand it will be driven to drink

 

[Supracentral]

Ja, german engineering. I never know whether to shake my head at it or nod in admiration. The K Jet isn't a hard system but those who don't take the time to understand it will be driven to drink

A good friend of mine once said the difference between the Japanese and the Germans is:

A German engineer will make something 100% more complicated to make it 2% better.

A Japanese engineer will make something 2% more complicated to make it 100% better.

I love my Supra's.