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Drain, flush and replace all the fluid. Change the battery. Bleed the brakes, nothing worse than getting it started and realizing you can't stop it before you hit that wall.
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Campfire Regular
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To the OP; if your next thread asks how to start a Poulan chainsaw that has sat for 3 years with ethanol gas in it, you go on ignore!!! Start the car already!
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Campfire Regular
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Campfire Regular
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Fellows I appreciate all the help. How much oil do you squirt in the spark plug openings? -tnscouter Not necessary. Only time you need to oil a cylinder is a flooded no-start condition. Trust me. -Ken Ken - not arguing here, but very curious - because I have learned to squirt in a very light dose if an engine has been sitting dead for years. What is your reasoning on this - would like to trust you. Started many gasoline engines in cars and trucks which sat idle for years. Longest was just over 30 years IIRC. Granted, 4 yr old sitting engine is dry, but so is one that sits overnight. Oil will be delivered to cylinders and valves quickly on start, in fact initially on cranking from pan sump. The pump kicks in immediately. -Ken
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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What would be the reason for manufacture, purchase and use of "top of cylinder lubricants"?
NRA Member - Life, Benefactor, Patron
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Campfire Regular
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Campfire Regular
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No reason if you use a good quality motor oil (and filter).
-Ken
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Campfire Tracker
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Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2007
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What would be the reason for manufacture, purchase and use of "top of cylinder lubricants"? People LOVE additives, and love to solve problems that either do not exist, or need mechanical repair. Top end lubricants being an example of useless additives.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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What would be the reason for manufacture, purchase and use of "top of cylinder lubricants"? Seople LOVE additives, and love to solve problems that either do not exist, or need mechanical repair. Top end lubricants being an example of useless additives. 'Top engine fouling' was an issue back in the late 70's-early 80's with the relatively new smog controls.
FJB & FJT
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Anyone got that sumbitch started yet? 
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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Anyone got that sumbitch started yet? If T-Scout follows half of the advice offered it will be at least a month and a $1,000 min before the key can impregnate the switch.
FJB & FJT
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