Starting procedures for stored camaro......

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My car had sat for almost 2yrs when I got it. Here's the routine I recomend.

Remove carb and rebuild. Old gas turns to varnish in it and the gaskets will be brittle and most likely leak. Mine was like a sprinkler!!

Replace all fluids, (water for now in the radiator in case there's a leak) not just the crank case, do the trans and rear too!!

New plugs and that squirt of light oil in each hole is a good idea.

New points too and set the #1 cyl to about 10 degs BTDC and turn the dist until you find the point where the points just open and lock the dist down. This way if you fill the float bowls it should fire as soom as it's cranked.

Pre-lube it like a new engine before first fire as well...

With any luck the tank is almost empty so you can add some fuel stabilizer and about 5 gals of fresh gas. The only reason I don't recomend draining it, is what are you going to do with 17 gals of toxic waste?

Make sure the plug wires are in good shape and you have a strong battery and have at it. You may also want to find out if it was running when it was parked. If not you need to be ready to trouble shoot an old problem. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]