A friend is interested in a c2 cab that has sat in a garage and not moved for a year. I am going along for the initial assessment.

We will be taking along a strong battery and will try to push the car to free brakes etc....

My question relates to the initial start, I had consideed removing the DME to crank the engine without firing.......however with the ammount of oil in the system, is there any point....would we actually get any pressure up this way?

Cheers

 

my car sat for 7 months in the shop while going through it's transformation. when it came time to start the car (6 months) it fired right up.


i know all circumstances are different, i just thought i'd share my experience.

 

Allill, very impressive

On reflection I think that may well be the answer, I have left Boxer engined Porsche for a month or so before and due to the configurtion, some oil seems to seep through the rings, so I shouldn't fear too much for the cylinder bores really.

 

Couldnt hurt to pull the DME relay and crank it for a 15 seconds or so. Good luck!

 

the whole time my car was in the shop I'd come by every week to check on it and one of the things i checkd was the dusty floor right under the engine to see if there were any leaks. None.