Hello, Jay.  Thanks for responding.

-=> JAY EMRIE wrote to JIM HOLSONBACK <=-

 JH>I've heard various advice about what to do before trying to crank it up
 JH> - one said to pour about 1/2 pint of atf into the throttle body and
 JH> then let her rip.  Another said to take all the plugs out, one at a
 JH> time, and spray WD-40 or so down in there before trying to turn it over
 JH> with the new battery.

 JE> First, WD40 is NOT a lubricant. Far better to mix some 20W oil with
 JE> kerosene (so as to make the oil flow better) or such and spray it into
 JE> the plug holes.

What proportions of SAE20 to kerosene do you recommend?  50/50?
And how to spray it down in there, thru the plug holes??
Hmm.  I do think I have a small spray can of 3in1 oil here with the
little red tube, so that would be easy to spray down in there.

 JE> Transmission fluid is NOT a good combustion fluid.

Agreed, and I think the ether type starting fluid will be needed when I
finally do try to get it to fire up.

 JE> I would use the oil/kerosene mixture, crank the engine over to
 JE> distribute it, let it sit for a while so the mixture could seep into as
 JE> many as possible places (for lubrication to prevent scouring) then use
 JE> a starting fluid to try to get the engine started ASAP and then let it
 JE> idle a few minutes. This method would reduce unnecessary wear to a
 JE> minimum.

I expect it will idle very rough - - battery died, and that so-called
computer has by now forgotten all it ever knew about how the car should
be running.

- - -  JimH.


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