how would you go about....

[antz]

how would you go about starting a car thats been stored for years?

 

i know fresh petrol and a charged up battery are needed but what else do you need to check, clean, replace?

 

(im thinking ahead just incase i get that astra gte) plus surfing_turnips mirca wont start and we gave up on it cos its been sat for a month or two

[johnboy]

Take the spark plugs out and pour a little diesel down the cylinder bores, will help incase the rings are seized.

[RETRO_AL]

Pull the ht lead of get the oil pressure up just in case it come to life quick

[antz]

Pull the ht lead of get the oil pressure up just in case it come to life quick

 

how do you get the oil pressure up?....i dont know a lot about engines

 

 

with the price of diesel itll cost me £10 for a litre just to stick a drop in the bores

[old skool freestyler]

Pull the ht lead of get the oil pressure up just in case it come to life quick

 

how do you get the oil pressure up?....i dont know a lot about engines

 

 

with the price of diesel itll cost me £10 for a litre just to stick a drop in the bores

 

get the pressure up by taking the coil lead of and turn it over till the oil light goes out

[antz]

Pull the ht lead of get the oil pressure up just in case it come to life quick

 

how do you get the oil pressure up?....i dont know a lot about engines

 

 

with the price of diesel itll cost me £10 for a litre just to stick a drop in the bores

 

get the pressure up by taking the coil lead of and turn it over till the oil light goes out

 

hmmm sounds complex if i get this pauxhall i think im gonna need a haynes manual for it

 

oh well only 3 weeks until i can get down there again to go and ask

[Vista]

Ideally you need to turn the oil pump without cranking the engine. On a pinto this is a achieved by pulling the distributor and using a special tool to turn the oil pump drive with the engine stationary. That makes sure the oil pump and system is fully primed when you're ready for the first live start.

 

Not sure how to achieve the same effect on one of those engines, but pull the plugs and drop a small amount of engine oil down the bores, give it a little time to ease in around the rings, then crank the engine slowly with a spanner on the crank nut.

 

Once you're sure it's free enough to turn, spin the engine on the starter (still with the plugs removed) until you get oil pressure on the gauge.

 

Once you've done that you're ready to start trying to get it to start, and probably a little fault finding on that too.

[antz]

brill cheers vista!

 

you make it sound so simple!!!! roll on 3 weeks time when i can get down there and work some charm on the owner

 

then i just gotta get it back think ill have to hire a trailer and do a trip home and then back in a day ....then some sweet talking to her ladyship to forgive me for running off for a day to play with a rust bucket

[Mr Sam]

plugs out wizz it round with fresh petrol might need a spray of contacty stuff ( ) in the dizzy cap might also want to squirt some 'easy start' down the carb (that stuffs fun )

 

when you get it going let it run for a minute or so just to warm up and drain it of oil

 

ooh also check your water pumps not seized

[antz]

now you make it sound hard sam

 

 

how do i get old petrol out of the tank?

[Vista]

now you make it sound hard sam

 

 

how do i get old petrol out of the tank?

 

On my old GTE, just leave it standing a few days and it would have leaked out.

 

There's a flexible hose connects to the tank on them, as I recall it's on the offside front of the tank. (though that might have been on my non injected 1600 Mk1 Astra) pull the hose off and drain it to a tray.

 

Old Engines are Easy Antz, they just seem complicated because you've only just started. Get a book and pull a scrap one apart and you'll see what I mean.

 

Even on new engines with all their electronic gizmos (which sadly arre complicated) the basic principals are just the same.

[antz]

cheers vista.

 

im just plannign ahead incase i can get this GTE....i ont wanna go round and get it then find its stuck on a driveway!

 

i saw a astra mk1 manual in a charity shop last week but cant remember where

[turner]

Get yourself a manual on ebay bud be peanuts On the subject of the laid up vauxhall its more than likely the brakes will be seized on nicely !!

[antz]

Get yourself a manual on ebay bud be peanuts On the subject of the laid up vauxhall its more than likely the brakes will be seized on nicely !!

 

if they are ill just whip the wheels off and rip bits out until it moves i can always put them back together again