So posting here because its the only place I think I will get a decent answer (and the only part of the site I visit).


I have not started my Civic in over a year......yeah my bad.

Im about to fire it up and wondering if there is anything I should do before hand...possibly to prime the motor with oil? The car is turbo also....

I have changed the brake fluid, trans fluid, oil change....anything im overlooking?

 

Lube them valve seals and you should be GTG. You can pour a little bit of oil in the spark plug tubes if you want, but not really necessary.


If you're not sure how to do any of that, you can always ask Scotty, he should know.

 

Have jumper cables or a jump pack close by

 

Yeah battery has been on the charger, may pick up a new one though.

Someone I know suggested pulling the EFI fuse and turning it over a few times? never heard of this..


I called Scotty but he didn't answer, still bitter about the whole Fiona thing I guess.....

 

They want you to pull the EFI fuse so the engine can prime itself with oil, but you can put a little oil in the spark plug tubes and prime the walls that way. Not really a necessity though since the engine will run dry for a few seconds regardless of what you do. While the engine cranks over dry, you run the low risk of breaking dried out valve seals, but that's just a risk ya gotta take.

 

fresh fuel and filter?

 

If its a civic thug lyfe that bish and just turn it over

If iits an audi or any other german car sell it

 

There is like no gas in it so prob going to limp it down to the gas station and just fill it up. Fuel filter was changed not long before is sat.

Hmmm pulling the fuse seems easier than pulling the plugs LOL

Thug lyfe is how I usually roll.....but it breaks I dont want to fix it.

Modified cars are to much work

 

Okay, so the reason you pull the fuse is so that the fuel doesn't wash the cylinder walls while cranking the engine over; this is assuming that all of your oil galleys are completely dry which they probably aren't and that it'll crank for longer than a few minutes which it probably won't if the car ran fine before. Only thing is, Hondas aren't like BMW, Nissan, Rotary engines, and a few other cars where they'll prime the cylinders with fuel when the ignition switch is on without having cranked the starter yet, so the chances of flooding or washing cylinders is slim to none.

Putting oil in the spark plug tubes will lubricate the walls before the engine even cranks over, so it's better that way, but still not that necessary since lubrication will come within a few revolutions of the crankshaft.

 

Def fire up the FM transmitter first thing to make sure it'll pump out your favorite tunes

 

I took the restricter plate off, give the Black Dragon a little more juice........but lets keep that on the down low. Not exactly street legal.

 

Good info just what I need, so glad I saw this. I'll be starting mine up after two freakin years, in a couple weeks.

My .02, maybe change out what little gas you have in there? It'll be bad and gunky, and the pump filter may be too. I'll be dropping and cleaning my fuel tank when I get back from work.

If anybody knows if this is really not necessary after sitting a year or two, please chime in

 

As another poster put it u should Thug lyfe that bish and turn it over unless it is european.

 

Nice clean engine bay there^

If a motor is totally assembled, it really doesn't hurt it to sit for several years, and then be turned over again. People buy engines from junkyards or Japan which may have sat a decade. Change the oil, pull the fuel pump/EFI fuse and get some oil pressure and then fire it up.