Tuesday, February 24, 2009

spring startup for sleeping cars...

Spring start-up.. ya.. its never a good idea to just crank and start a domant engine cause thats hell on the cylinder walls.. and the bearings.. well, for starters the crankcase should have a fresh sump of oil.. which you should have changed the following Fall.. anyways, make sure your battery is fully charged.. pull the spark plugs and shoot some Sea-foam or crc down there.. crank the engine with the plugs removed, to safely get the oil around everywhere without the load of compression on the pistons... then simply re-intall the plugs.. fire up the engine let it run at fast idle and take it up to temperature.. then simply change your oil again, since the engine was really never run.. you dont have to change the filter... and there you go.. you saved yourself the risk of ruining your engine! WOOT! 

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