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Old 12-04-2003, 03:58 AM
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I put my car up in my mothers garage in Auhust because I'm over in Italy for a semester of school. I bought a trickle charger for the battery and my mom has been keeping an eye on it the last 3 1/2 months. Well, yesterday she took her car to the shop for a tune-up and took my car out. She got 1 house awawy before it started sputtering. So she parked it in front of the house. Later last night she tried it again and it kept going out. It hasn't been run in over 3 months. What do I need to do to get this car running again?
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Old 12-04-2003, 04:34 AM
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Sounds like it could use a tune up and a tank of good gas.
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Old 12-04-2003, 05:08 AM
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Re: Storage problem

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What do I need to do to get this car running again?
Go home and give your Z some TLC!
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I do need to get home to give my car some TLC, but I need some BBQ ribs and a good cheeseburger first as soon as I get off the plane. This Italian food gets old fast when you don't like pasta to much.

It has a full tank of gas, do I need to siphon the old and put new in? I thought a full tank would help keep the gas good?

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Originally posted by toegead93
I do need to get home to give my car some TLC, but I need some BBQ ribs and a good cheeseburger first as soon as I get off the plane. This Italian food gets old fast when you don't like pasta to much.

It has a full tank of gas, do I need to siphon the old and put new in? I though a full tank would gelp keep the gas good?
If the car was just sitting, you shouldn't have any type of mechanical failures. Gas shouldn't go bad in 3 months either. I've ran gas thats 7-10 years old in some of these cars i've picked up.

What may have happened is if a small rodent or something similar has gotten into the engine bay and chewed wires, chewed the intake tube, or something similar. Check over the engine and make sure all is well first

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