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Starting a car that has been lying up

  • 18-08-2009 10:44pm
    #1
    iei044775
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭


    Am going to start a car tomorrow that has not been moved in about 12 months, it wasn't properly stored or nothing. It's a '95 Audi A4 Tdi. I have already had to inflate the 4 tyres, do I need to drain any diesel or anything of the sort? Thanks.


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  • #2
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65,741 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    It won't start on its own :)

    You'll have to jump / push start it or better - charge the battery first.

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  • #3
    itarumaa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 704 ✭✭✭itarumaa


    If the handbrake or brakes work 100% from the start, then consider yourself lucky, OP.

    Any of those parts can easily be seized.


  • #4
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Charge battery, check water and oil levels. Diesel sitting in her should be ok to start it but top up with fresh diesel pretty soon after. Once started if breaks are seized rock back and forth very slowly to release. Once released take car to safe area and break heavily a few times to clear rust and debris off discs.


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