Re: Starting a car in hibernation for yrs
 

The 69 Camaro that had been sitting for 18 years before being started had the heater core go bad with-in 2 days of driving it. If you are worried about it... by pass the core by just running the heater hose from the outlet on the engine back to the inlet in the engine. The pressure on the system is what is gonna do it in.

Re: Starting a car in hibernation for yrs
 

This is probably a bit late, but I'll toss it out there anyway.

I have an '87 Iroc that was stolen and sat for nearly 5 years, when I got to it, the car was sitting on 3 flats and had a doa battery. I got a battery, and aired up the tires with a bicycle pump enough to get it to the gas station. It fired, I let it warm up, added a little oil, and some tranny fluid. And drove it to the station.

Left it running, filled it with premium, checked all the levels, and drove it 200 miles home.

Now the 350 had been replaced with a 305 or I would have taken more care, but it still runs fine. 45mph was a struggle at first, then 55, finally 60 was as fast as I wanted to go on the rotten tires (they did fine, even ran over a raccoon without a problem).

What failed (after the trip):
Belt/hoses/speedo cable/left front tire/shifter cable

What didn't work and now does (freed up):
alternator (wasn't charging, and now works fine) Wipers (all full of crud and rusted) rear brakes/emergency brake

What still doesn't work: radio/trunk pull down

It was a noisy, slow, smokey trip, but I'd do it again.

What I still need to do:
repack wheel bearings, flush tranny, or just rebuild it, works fine but for how long? Clean, clean, clean.

Re: Starting a car in hibernation for yrs
 

Go to Summit and get this oil pump primer... Summit primer

Re: Starting a car in hibernation for yrs
 

thanks charley, i was wondering where i was going to find one - mine is packed away (from and old distributor) . summit price is cheap too.....its hard to tell, but is it one that you hook up to a drill or turned by hand??

Re: Starting a car in hibernation for yrs
 

Hooks up to a drill.