How should an engine be started that has not run for 7 years?
12-04-2010, 10:57 PM
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I did the above steps the engine is running but from a different fuel source. I couldn't get any fuel out of the line after I disconnected it from the carb. There is a little bit fresh gas and sea foam in it so something should come out...
I really want to avoid having to drop th tank. Can I disconnect the line at the tank and try to blow it out with air before I get into anything else ?
I really want to avoid having to drop th tank. Can I disconnect the line at the tank and try to blow it out with air before I get into anything else ?
You may instead syphon out the tank and then put a couple gallons of cheap lacquer thinner in the tank. It will dissolve any deposits in the line or on the screen and drain out the front into a pan or bucket with longer 3/8" hose.
When tank line is clear, then connect to fuel pump and new filter in carb and it should be good. Fuel pump may not last too long though, dried from sitting.
12-07-2010, 01:40 PM
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thanks noonie
I was able to siphon out the line going back to the tank. I got some deposits out and then clean fuel. There is also a second, smaller line going back to the the rear. Is that the vapor line ?
Even with the line from the tank now being open I still don't get any fuel coming out of the line that goes from the pump to the carb when I crank the engine. I was even able to siphon fuel out of that line through the pump.
At this point I assume the pump is bad.
I was able to siphon out the line going back to the tank. I got some deposits out and then clean fuel. There is also a second, smaller line going back to the the rear. Is that the vapor line ?
Even with the line from the tank now being open I still don't get any fuel coming out of the line that goes from the pump to the carb when I crank the engine. I was even able to siphon fuel out of that line through the pump.
At this point I assume the pump is bad.
12-07-2010, 02:57 PM
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Mom had a '63 Olds F85 with the aluminum 215 ci engine and small roto hydro tranny.....
it was the car I drove in school....then in '66 bought my own first car after college and one month in the Army....it was a '60 vette....
but to the Olds, which sat unused in the garage for some 25? years until about '87 or so....same tank of gas, brakes, the car was driven in the garage with....
so when dealing with it, I had to rebuild the carb....did not bother with the gas in the tank, it was about 1/3 full at that point....Lord knows what the evaporation rate was....
and so did the obvious, carb, brakes, and such to get it to run....
drove it kicking and screaming to the gas station, filled it up, and drove the sox off it....
sold it maybe 3 months later.....
same oil, same filter, same tranny fluid, same same everything....
did have to drain and rebuild the brakes though....damn DOT 3 crap....
but just the m/cyl and wheel cylinders....drum brakes , remember what THEY are, anyone??
it was the car I drove in school....then in '66 bought my own first car after college and one month in the Army....it was a '60 vette....
but to the Olds, which sat unused in the garage for some 25? years until about '87 or so....same tank of gas, brakes, the car was driven in the garage with....
so when dealing with it, I had to rebuild the carb....did not bother with the gas in the tank, it was about 1/3 full at that point....Lord knows what the evaporation rate was....
and so did the obvious, carb, brakes, and such to get it to run....
drove it kicking and screaming to the gas station, filled it up, and drove the sox off it....
sold it maybe 3 months later.....
same oil, same filter, same tranny fluid, same same everything....
did have to drain and rebuild the brakes though....damn DOT 3 crap....
but just the m/cyl and wheel cylinders....drum brakes , remember what THEY are, anyone??
12-08-2010, 04:49 AM
#24
Prime it! Buy the tool (with the busing) that goes into where the dist shaft sits, and spin it with a drill to get the oil moving. Then spray some WD40 into your spark plug holes.
