Question about car that's been sitting 5 years.

[ARCOgraphite]

Why wouldn’t you just put the accelerator on the floor for 10-15 seconds and utilize the already-existing fuel cutoff rather than pulling a fuse?

Sucks the mice in that ate through the Air filter while it was sitting outside.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Checked the oil. Level full, looks to be in good shape (amber colored, slight gasoline smell). I filled up a 5 gallon can with super unleaded, poured it into the tank. Hooked up a jumper box to it, all dash lights and electronics work, turned the key, and she immediately started right up! Smooth and silent, purring like a happy kitten. I'm going to leave it on an overnight slow charge to see if the battery will still hold a charge. Worst case I'll go to Walmart and buy a new battery.

So far so good!

 

[dumkid]

i ran a car with 4 year old oil before, its a beater with problems, i don't know if the old oil caused any of them. there's very little humidity where I live so I wasn't worried about condensation, and I drove less than 1000 miles on the oil.

 

[DGXR]

Sitting for 5 years huh? If you care about the car, and it sounds like you do, consider the cheap $40 investment in an oil & filter service. Then it can be idled and run without any concerns about the oil.

 

[Black Thunder]

Might as well just wait till all the bodywork is done then change it before you start driving it around again

 

[InvalidUserID]

Sitting for 5 years huh? If you care about the car, and it sounds like you do, consider the cheap $40 investment in an oil & filter service. Then it can be idled and run without any concerns about the oil.

That is always my thought when thinking if I extend an OCI: just throw in a cheap combo oil & filter, do a short OCI, and consider it a clean OCI. Cheap investment.