Hey guys my engine has been sitting for about six months got in in the car and going to be starting it tommorow anything special I should do or just fill it up with oil and fire it up?

 

Nope just make sure everything looks good, make a little prayer and hope it turns on

 

I would probably pull the ecu fuse and crank the engine a few times till the oil light goes out.

Other than that... pop the fuse back in fire it up and go

 

I remove the injector connections and the sparkplugs, and then crank it for some time to get max oilpressure before i start it when it has been sitting over the vinter.

Injector connectors: to keep it from sprayng fuel in the chambers.

Sparkplugs: to give less strain on the bearings (zero compression) when i turn it over for the first time.
(i imagine the oilfilm has gone away during long storage?)

 

i usually just pull the ecu fuse and crank it a few times then start it up.

 

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Thats what i do when i pull it out of storage.

 

might want to take it easy on gas pedal until you get all that fuel out and refill. people say grade goes down as fuel sits.

 

sounds good !!!!

 

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Please... stop with the guessing.

getting the oil pressure up / moved to the head before starting is very important.

If you can rock the car back an forth (while off) to shake up the gas thoroughly. But with only six months, you should not have much problems.

But make sure it's fully warmed up before driving it. Let the fan go on then off before moving.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hondakar2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I remove the injector connections and the sparkplugs, and then crank it for some time to get max oilpressure before i start it when it has been sitting over the vinter.

Injector connectors: to keep it from sprayng fuel in the chambers.

Sparkplugs: to give less strain on the bearings (zero compression) when i turn it over for the first time.
(i imagine the oilfilm has gone away during long storage?)
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well cars turning over good fuel pump isnt getting any power some im off to go chase some wires.

 

did critters eat up some wires?

Good luck with it, i hope my car starts when i go back to it in April.

 

Not sure im from doping some reading it seems like its eiether a ground probl;em or the main relay(but I dont know what that is )

The main thing I need is a series of checks to go threw to hunt down the problems.

 

well, here are somethings

1-Enough fuel in the tank----&gt;did u use stabil in it?
2-Battery terminal loose or corroded
3-Fuel not reaching the fuel rail
4-Ignition components damp or damaged
5-Spark plugs still good?
6-Check the distributor and make sure the wires are all in properly
7-Might be a faulty coil in the dizzy.

 

im trying to empty out my old gas in the tank.

Any suggestions on how I would go about doing so?

 

should be a drain bolt at the bottom of it. If not, you could pump it out by taking out the fuel pump cover from above the tank.

 

its is a handle topic to keep in the future, if i ever keep from driving my r for that LONG!

 

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59 is the drain bolt.

 

pull the plugs, squirt a little oil into the cylinders and crank it.

 

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Which fuse is that?

 

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If you look underneath your hood, there is a fuse box near the battery. The ECU fuse is labeled and easy to find.

 

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Injector connectors: to keep it from sprayng fuel in the chambers.


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I was under the assumption that because of Honda's PGMFI system, the fuel injectors wont spray if there is no spark signal, no? Either way, it can't hurt.

 

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its the 7.5 amp fuse