Guess I'm not retarded.
 

Well lately many of you know my car wouldn't start after my back to stock swap and for the life of me couldn't figure out what in the hell was going on. Well I think that the engine sat to long and dried out the cylinders and it wasn't getting enough compression so after reading other posted about how putting oil in the cylinders to make compression I went out and tried it. The first time I did it it started up and then died. So I thought well I bet the plugs are fouled from the oil. I took them out, cleaned them and retried it again. This happened for about 4 times till I went and charged my battery really good. This time I took the spark plugs out, added oil, sprayed them with ether and put them in real fast and then just cranked it till it was running real nice. Thats the problem with engines that have been sitting a while. So to all future swaps remember this. If everything seems in order and it won't start put some oil down in the cylinders.

Re: Guess I'm not retarded.
 

yeah, that's what happened to my b7, only it had a bad cylinder. sprayed pb blaster down the clyinder and used starting fluid.

is oil better then pb blaster/wd 40 on the motor?? when I posted about this everyone was like pb blaster.

Re: Guess I'm not retarded.
 

Well that motor is praobly tired i have never had this problem has most jdm motors have been sitting around yards for years



I would go about doing another oil change has Im sure that thing that its running now is full of sludge

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Yeah its on my list of things to do tomorrow as well with welding the exhaust up. It feels like a strong engine though. Now when I turn it over it start up right away. There is no cranking. I just turn the key and Brummmmm. haha. I am so happy I don't have to share a car with my sister anymore. I probably should have used Pb blaster but I didn't have any. It smoked blue for a good minute after it started. I think all the oil was burning off in the manifold as the mani got hotter.

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i bought a '72 international travelette (the orig 4dr fullsize pickup) with a 392 out of a guys driveway 3 years ago that was sitting since 1994, all i did was throw a battery on it, squirted a little ether, and it fired right up. guess machined steel block/cylinders dont stick to forged pistons too well