starting after 5 months
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We leave our boats frozen all winter and have no trouble with just cranking them up in the spring. As long as the oil is good, and there isn't any condensation in the gas then I'd just go for it. You might want to crank it a bit with the coil disconnected to get some oil through the system first.
what Jackfish said 
I do it all the time I have to many cars to drive all the time so I rotate them. I'll drive one car and one truck for about 4 months and then swap to another car and truck. I haven't had a problem yet, but I do use some sort of fuel stablizer in my last tank of fuel before I swap out cars.
I do it all the time I have to many cars to drive all the time so I rotate them. I'll drive one car and one truck for about 4 months and then swap to another car and truck. I haven't had a problem yet, but I do use some sort of fuel stablizer in my last tank of fuel before I swap out cars.Depending on how I feel, I fire up after long periods one of 3 ways
1) Just crank her and go (usually on do this to my truck I don't care about).
2) Pull the coil wire so the engine doesn't fire up. Then I just crank it for 15 seconds or so to help prime the system.
3) Pull the spark plugs and squirt some Marvel Mystery oil in the cylinder bores and then rotate the engine by hand, followed by option 2.
Also, don't forget to check other things, like your belts, oil level, coolant, etc.
1) Just crank her and go (usually on do this to my truck I don't care about).
2) Pull the coil wire so the engine doesn't fire up. Then I just crank it for 15 seconds or so to help prime the system.
3) Pull the spark plugs and squirt some Marvel Mystery oil in the cylinder bores and then rotate the engine by hand, followed by option 2.
Also, don't forget to check other things, like your belts, oil level, coolant, etc.
james singleton
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Ludwig, you better explain quick before somebody takes you at your word! Ha! Jim
Yah, but mythbusters aren't always right. I've seen two videos so far that proved them wrong. One was a guy standing on a tanker truck and tried to use his cellphone to look inside, it made a very bad fire ball. The other was a woman who got out of her car started to put fuel in got back in the car, when she got back out and touched gas nozzle it fireballed.
Just goes to prove that ---- happens
As far as fuel stablizers go alot of the guys that write Auto Restorer magazine say that two stroke oil works well, also some Marvel Mystery oil in the tank will work or what ever Wal-mart has.
Just goes to prove that ---- happens
As far as fuel stablizers go alot of the guys that write Auto Restorer magazine say that two stroke oil works well, also some Marvel Mystery oil in the tank will work or what ever Wal-mart has.
Vann":7u9nek3y said:
I'm not sure what you mean by this... the engineering principals and approach to the scientific method on that show leave a lot to be desired. They often test specific point cases and use the results to draw generalized conclusions. Just because static discharge doesn't ignite gasoline vapor THIS time doesn't mean it's not possible...
But dumping a few lbs of sugar into the gas of a running engine and observing no ill effect until it ran out of gas is pretty straitfoward and convincing
'Scientific method' and 'Mythbusters' have nothing in common. That's like being shocked that the guy who plays Marcus Wellby MD is not a real doctor.
'Telegenic plan' and 'Mythbusters' is the concept-pair you are looking for.
At Jamie's other job, he works as an animation specialist for movies. What they do is recreate some situation with good visuals and a minimal amount of physics, then see if it could happen. These experiments would need to be duplicated independently by others with a greater than 95% similarity of outcome to have any kind of validity.
'Telegenic plan' and 'Mythbusters' is the concept-pair you are looking for.
At Jamie's other job, he works as an animation specialist for movies. What they do is recreate some situation with good visuals and a minimal amount of physics, then see if it could happen. These experiments would need to be duplicated independently by others with a greater than 95% similarity of outcome to have any kind of validity.
Oh yeah, sorry for the digression (altho I didn't start it )
If I was going to start a car after 5 months... I would put the key in and fire it off.
Unless it was sitting outside in the rain w/ the hood off and no airclear or something, there is no reason to belive the inside isn't in exactly the same condition it was left in. Engines are fairly well sealed up.
If I was going to start a car after 5 months... I would put the key in and fire it off.
Unless it was sitting outside in the rain w/ the hood off and no airclear or something, there is no reason to belive the inside isn't in exactly the same condition it was left in. Engines are fairly well sealed up.
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