A car that has not been used for a long time, how to start it

Hello, what damage can you expect and how to approach the topic of a car that has not been fired for several years? can the engine be corroded inside?

Mower or Tupolev engine?

Check the oil level, put the fuel in the battery and smoke, it will be and you will not change it.

If you turn the engine by hand, you will at least rule out collisions.

And what, gentlemen, do you give the pistons if the engine is bad? I go kerosene offers the day before firing.

Przemo9826 wrote:

Mower or Tupolev engine?

I forgot to write that it is a gasoline engine.
you don't need to pre-lubricate it before firing?
do not change the oil?
then how much of this kerosene should be poured?

Do not hurt to turn the starter with the candles removed.

I know 2 cases of cars that were standing for at least a few months:
- rusty handbrake cables
- generally the brakes to work (blocked) in both cars
- the gas installation needed to be "plugged"
- tires should be replaced if they have been on slippers for several years - they press and may shoot or the steel braid will corrode
- check the condition of liquids, especially oil, because everything has run off nicely into the pan and the engine is completely dry
The two with the engine are fine, but a few months is a relatively short period of time.

A thorough review, whether any animals have done any damage. Fluid control and possible replacement. Filter control. Battery charging. Turn the engine by hand, then brush it without spark plugs. And the firing attempt. Sometimes you need to help yourself by injecting some fuel into the intake.
The engine can corrode, but it needs uninteresting conditions. I took apart old engines lying in their teens and they were healthy inside. I also had motors lying under a fence or after a flood. Here was a picture of misery and despair.

I fired an engine from a BMW iseta once It was like that for 20 years. Without the welcome ceremony - it fired almost from the kick. It is still in use today.

And I happened to burn the engine of my polo, which had been standing in the garage for about 6 years, after putting it in the car, I discharged two batteries before it fired. There was simply no compression, the valve seat was slightly rusty, but after this replacement of the polo with 100kkm it did without a problem, the same recently after replacing the head in the transit, which the customer brought me from an efficient engine, forgot to add that it had been lying somewhere on the shelf for a few years.
So unscrew the candles, spray a little kerosene, turn the starter, screw in the candles and burn it, warm it up and change the oil

A fresh battery first.
Two, take off the dome, clean dry.
Twist candles, some deco kerosene pour but as you see fit. Clean them up.
Crank the engine by hand as it does not lock with the starter.
Check the condition of the oil organoleptically.
You can buy new candles if the car or the plans for it are worth it. Check if there is a spark. When it comes to it, there is nothing to do but try.

It's good to have a self-start. It would be good to supply fresh fuel. If it's a carburetor, you can flood the float chamber.

If it was not fired for so long, remove the candles, put in a new charged battery, change the oil to some ordinary, cheap one so that it rinses the system after start-up. Fill in the fresh fuel, draining the old ones. Filters and the rest later.

Doesn't a colleague ravelation feel that the discussion would be more reliable if the circumstances were described in a factual manner? After all, it is important in what conditions the car is stored and finally what is its structure (especially the engine). So the question of launching tires etc for later. As much as I am afraid some people count on the efficiency of the battery.

Recently I went to fire up a Punto which "a little" stood under the tarpaulin in the garden. Forget about it. Brakes are up, manual and foot flak tires have grown into the ground / grass by 5cm, rotting radiator hoses. There was no speech only on the line on the lawette.

I will write this:
In March 2010, I smashed the 2001 1.4 tdi polo, left the engine (with the thought that I would buy another VAG and put it in)
This year (it was equal to two years from the bell in the garage) I put this engine on the golf mk3 after about 8000 km it started to pound with oil through the gaskets (including the base of the oil filter and oil cooler) also if you start this engine and it will be ok at the beginning, at least check the condition of the oil and coolant.
Anyway, you have not yet written what kind of car it is and what engine, because maybe it is 50 years old Warsaw and there may be more to do there.

I have a Mitsubishi Colt 1.3 engine petrol I have not used it for 3 months, it stands under the block outside and now gentlemen - the question is how to start it properly? Recently, I also had a discharged battery, but now I charged it with a charger. And what activities should I do to make everything okay?

Turn the key and fire it

jhosef wrote:

Turn the key and fire it

Okay, but maybe you need to change the oil, I will also check the brakes or maybe replace the fuel with a new one, give this additive to the fuel, if you want to enrich it, can you do something?

You put the battery and the spear. What is this topic?

andrzej20001 wrote:

You put the battery and the spear. What is this topic?

Approx.

stefan1107 wrote:

jhosef wrote:

Turn the key and fire it

Okay, but maybe you need to change the oil, I will also check the brakes or maybe replace the fuel with a new one, give this additive to the fuel, if you want to enrich it, can you do something?

3 months is a regular stopover and no one knows what.
You should know the condition of the brakes every time you use the car. Of course, it's good to have a peek. The condition of the oil can be checked. But it should still be in your awareness in everyday use.

3 months is even a working battery should pull the stop as nothing discharges it.

ravelation wrote:

Hello, what damage can you expect and how to approach the topic of a car that has not been fired for several years? can the engine be corroded inside?

Remove the old pallio - if it is in the tank and pour in a new one,
Change the oil,
Replace the battery,
Change the fluid in the radiator,
Change the fluid in the hydraulic system of brakes and clutches,
Check that there is no resistance when rolling - e.g. the drums may rust to the linings,
Check the operation of the brakes and steering,
Check the condition of the accessory belt (generator) and the timing belt - if present.
Well, that's it and you can try to turn on and carefully test a piece on the square, checking if the mechanisms are working as they should.

To answer your question: the engine may have corroded. It depends on the storage location, storage conditions and storage time. It is impossible to determine it without disassembling, at least partially, the engine.
Regards!

Unfortunately, the car did not start at all. I checked with an electric meter none of this. Well, I think that the battery is already completely discharged, it is old, it is 8 years old, and we will see, I will buy a new battery, it should be connected, it should be okay, I will change the oil and so on.

stefan1107 wrote:

Unfortunately, the car did not start at all. I checked with an electric meter none of this. Well, I think that the battery is already completely discharged, it is old, it is 8 years old, and we will see, I will buy a new battery, it should be connected, it should be okay, I will change the oil and so on.

Certainly, a battery that has not been used for so long is completely damaged. It doesn't even make sense to try to charge it. Must be replaced with a new one.

TooMeeK wrote:

- the gas installation needed to be "plugged"

What exactly was done?

A new battery should solve the problem.

stefan1107 wrote:

Unfortunately, the car did not start at all. I checked with an electric meter none of this. Well, I think that the battery is already completely discharged, it is old, it is 8 years old, and we will see, I will buy a new battery, it should be connected, it should be okay, I will change the oil and so on.

What does "not fire" mean - the starter does not spin or spin and does not fire?