My primary work vehicle died last week, have a 2007 Mitsubishi endeavor sitting in my yard. That was a great car. Nothing was wrong with it when we parked it. Just was wondering if there were things I should look for , other than the obvious, battery, tires,oil,belts. Hoses etc. To get this car back on the road. Any advise would be appreciated.
Getting a car back on road after sitting for a year
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Sounds about right, my diesel truck sat for over 6 months, once I got it started it didn't want to move because all the transmission fluid went to the bottom of the pan. The pickup took a few minutes of reverse and 1st gear to get it flowing again to get it to move.
Might just watch temp guage first few times you drive it to just be sure a thermostat hasn’t stuck or waterpump gone bad. Once it goes threw couple heat cycles ok and no issues I would think it would be ok.
It would be a good idea to change the oil and transmission fluid before starting the car, due to the possibility of condensation causing water to be in the fluid.
jmccracken1214
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Whatever gas that was in it is completely bad now. Hopefully the tank was close to E. If you can't drain it, I'd run a good fuel cleaner. Put 1/4-1/2 tank in it, drive that out and change the fuel filter before filling up again
Caliber's could be rusted /stuck to the rotors so don't be surprise if you really have to gas it to get them loose.
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Checked the oil, filled the radiator, put a little fuel stabilizer in tank. Put the jump box on and it fired right up. Let it run for about 20 minutes. No leaks that I can see, only thing is it didn't want to idle on its own. Do y'all think that a dead battery would be the problem. Going to get one if it ever stops raining!
Dead battery and old gas could very well be the problem. I would replace battery and try to run the old gas out or add some fresh to blend it down if tank is low. Low voltage makes newer cars do funny things like mentioned before.
Pull the air filter and the cabin air filter if it has one in case you picked up any tenants. Our kid's Civic sat for a year or so and the mice moved in. They didn't make it past the filters but we had about a pound and a half of acorn shells and crap all up in the intake ducts and even more in the ventilation cowl. Stuff clogged up the filters pretty good but now that they've been replaced it runs like it was parked yesterday. I'm just glad they didn't make it through, I can only imagine the condition of the interior and the throttle body after being a Mickey Motel.
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If it was parked over grass, do what he said directly above. The sad thing about this subject is the fact that there are fatal general aviation aircraft accidents that occur because of animal/insect intrusions in certain areas of the aircraft which causes some major problems.
Everyone knocked this one out of the part already
-change fluids
-do something about the old gas in there
-watch temp gauge
those, in my experiences, have been the big three
-change fluids
-do something about the old gas in there
-watch temp gauge
those, in my experiences, have been the big three