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| Answer to: Priming the oil pump after storage | 12Relevance | 2 years ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| That shouldn't make a difference. Take a mechanical guage and measure the pressure. You can rent them at AutoZone. If the oil pressure is actually low, you probably need to perform more frequent oil changes, if you're neglecting it and using conventional oil. You're supposed to change it once a year or 5k miles, whichever comes first. I don't drive my old 1979 Pontiac nearly every day, and the oil pressure is fine, even after over 100k miles. It still has the original oil pump. | |||||
| Answer to: Priming the oil pump after storage | 12Relevance | 2 years ago | Tenaja | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Old 2003 v6 toyota highlander, old 2004 v8 nissan titan, and a 2020 pentastar. I guess I have 3. I don't drive a lot. | |||||
| Answer to: Priming the oil pump after storage | 12Relevance | 2 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| You did not mention what kind of vehicles you're dealing with. | |||||
| Priming the oil pump after storage | 12Relevance | 2 years ago | Tenaja | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I have a two vehicles that sit for months at a time. I recently started one, after non-start cranking it to prime the oil pump--and it took quite a while to build pressure. Is there another way to prime it? Would it help to use one of those dipstick-tube oil pumps to put oil up in the heads? There's got to be a better way, other than starting it once a month. | |||||
| Answer to: Long Term Auto storage | 12Relevance | 2 years ago | G.T. | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Scotty has gathered some tips | |||||
| Answer to: '89 Nissan 300Z Turbo No Start after extended storage | 12Relevance | 2 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| not necessarily. you need about 50psi for fuel injection to work properly. It needs to be measured ... not checked for spurting.You also concluded it meant the injectors are clogged. Not so. | |||||
| RE: '89 Nissan 300Z Turbo No Start after extended storage | 12Relevance | 2 years ago | 87LtdT | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Yes I agree on needing pressure. My point in mentioning that was that the fuel pump must be working. Thx | |||||
| Answer to: '89 Nissan 300Z Turbo No Start after extended storage | 12Relevance | 2 years ago | MountainManJoe | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| It should have pressure. That's why you relieve it before working on the fuel system. get all the old gas out and put fresh stuff in probably will need a new filter too. | |||||
| 2000 Morgan 8 Roadster-starting after 1 year in storage | 12Relevance | 2 years ago | rahinlandvalley | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hi Scotty, thank you for all your informative videos. I have a 2000 Morgan 8 Roadster with a Rover 8 cylinder engine (8,000 miles) located in Florida. I have Mobil 1 Synthetic with low miles. I’m on the West Coast and planning on visiting the car next month. My question is: would the cylinder walls be sufficiently coated with the Mobil 1 synthetic, after sitting for 1 year to safely start the engine without causing damage? My thought is that the synthetic oil would remain coating the cylinder after 1 year. Am I right? Thank you for taking the time to respond. Bill | |||||
| Answer to: '89 Nissan 300Z Turbo No Start after extended storage | 12Relevance | 2 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| It's turned into a really horrible varnish at this point. Your fuel system needs to be cleaned out top to bottom. You could try a noid light. | |||||
| '89 Nissan 300Z Turbo No Start after extended storage | 12Relevance | 2 years ago | 87LtdT | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Scotty, I stumbled across your video's a couple of years ago and really enjoy them...nice to see your success. Thanks for them. Thought I'd run my problem past you for advice if possible...Bob Have stored the car for the last 17 years...started very infrequently. Drove the car 1/4 mile moving into my garage about 3 years ago...ran fine. Same gas for all these 17 years (yes I know I am an idiot). So now I am paying the price. Car cranks fine but no hint of firing. Add a shot of starting fluid within the intake plumbing and it fires. Removed hose between fuel rail and fuel filter and when key on the pump works and flows about 1/2 pint of gas out of the filter. When I cut the fuel line to remove it was slightly pressurized and fuel spurted out. So pretty sure the injectors are clogged. Any other diagnosis?? How do I confirm if the injectors are being commanded to fire?? No reason to suspect mice...been in our garage for the last 3 years and there is no evidence of mice. Is there a way to clean the injectors without removing them?? Because it looks to me that I will have to remove the top of the intake and lift the fuel rail in order to remove the injectors which means a bunch of other stuff will need to be removed. I'm old and just don't want to do this wrenching if I can avoid it. Is it possible to drain the fuel rail and inject a cleaner or pressurize a cleaner within the rail?? Any ideas/tips are appreciated. 1989 Nissan Turbo 300Z, 98,000 miles, Automatic...no scan data. Thanks, Bob (wishing you continued success) | |||||
| RE: Starting problem after vehicle storage | 12Relevance | 3 years ago | Renpoole | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Installed new fuel pump, my son has been using it for a year now and has had the alcohol level reset 4 times, when I take it to a garage all they do is reset it, but I need to know what’s causing it to happen | |||||
| Answer to: Starting problem after vehicle storage | 12Relevance | 3 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Your post was cut off because you put it in the wrong place. The title line is length-limited and is intended for a short description, not your full details which belong in the body of your post. Please keep this in mind for the future. You may also want to add the lost details here as a followup (do not post it again as a new topic). Thank you. (Title edited.) | |||||
| Starting problem after vehicle storage | 12Relevance | 3 years ago | Renpoole | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I have a 2012 silverado 4.8 L, it was stored for a couple years and when I got it on the go again I was having starting problems. In the morning I have to crank the engine for a long time to get it to start and when started keep hitting the gas for a... Can u help | |||||
| RE: Bringing car out of long-term storage | 12Relevance | 3 years ago | 4ksandknives | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Those were my thoughts as well..Cheers. | |||||