My car's been parked for 4 months with just over 1/4 tank of gas in it. I'm finally getting a new engine put in next week and I'm worried that there might be some rust in the tank or something. What do you guys think? Besides needing a new battery is there anything else that might be wrong with it for sitting for so long?

 

I've had my FC sit for 1.5 years, 6 months, and 2 years with no problems...amazingly.


-Ted

 

my fc sat for 6 months and then 4 months and i had no problems either. the only problem was that it was flooded, i cranked it without the plugs put them back in and started right up.

 

just drive it.........gas doesn't go bad that quickly

 

well we had a ford tempo that sat at least 6 yrs and it started ok on that old *** gas( when we figured out it jumped time so long ago)

then my dad bought an rx-7 that was sitting for 4 yrs and that old gas it ran fine with.

 

Thank you! I guess my friend's just been messing with me, talking about rust and all kinds of stupid stuff.

 

mine sat for 2+ years, fired right up with a new battery.

 

mine sits all the time, only get driven about 4-5 times a year usally all around the same time, still runs good i just keep a trickle charger on the battery so no dead battery, but thats the only problem you should have, i also have an N/a that sits and fires right up, gas goes bad but pretty much will still always work, and it will take time to get rust built up in there

 

Mine sat for 3 yrs, it was fine after I installed the Jspec engine.


Gil

 

Mine sat for 4 yrs with 1/4 tank. Started right up when I put in a new battery.

- k -

 

I JUST started mine up after sitting for a year. fired it up for the first time two days ago and it ran a little crappy with the old gas (about 1/4 tank) but once I put some new gas in it is running fine.

only problems I'm noticing so far is the gauges seem to stick a little bit, the brakes seem a little iffy on how hard I need to push on them. I really need to push to get them to do much. so far that is about the worst of it.