i have an 85 gsl-se i bought it from a guy who had it sitting in his yard for 3 years and he said it ran when he parked it but now it doesnt i talk to a mechanic and he saidi need to overhaul the engine that its all rusted and stuff so im not quite sure what to do i wanna do most of the stuff mysels but im only 17 and have about 1500 dollars does anyone know of a good but cheap rebuild kit or do you have an engine i live in phoenix AZ thanks





ryan

 

Check for the basics first.

Does it have oil?

Does the radiator have coolant/ will it hold coolant?

Will the motor turn over by hand? by starter?

Does it have spark?

Does it have fuel?

What condition are the plugs?

Does it have compression?

Get fresh fuel and try starting it. Trouble shoot the no start. All takes time, but can save you money.

 

i've checked all of that but still no start it wont even turn over its just a clicking noise

 

Well, it has a dead battery then.

 

I thought it was hard to find rust on stuff in AZ.

 

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Ren & Stimpy Rock.

 

just bought a new battery and it still doesnt work and i thought it was hard to find rust too but i guess not

 

Yo Head

Your probably going to have to pull-start it with another car (especaily if it's been sitting awhile), but make sure you feed that engine with something to lubricate it before you do anything! You can squirt some ATF into the spark plug holes and that should also help loosing things a little. Be carful not to run/crank it dry, because ultimatly that's what will kill it. Depending on how long it's been sitting you may also want to dump the fuel (their's a plug on the bottom of the fuel tank to do this). If it more than 8 or 9 months old chances are it's close to **** by now, and you don't want it guming things up. Let us know what happens.

PK797 NYC

 

Hey thanks, Df.



ATF sucks. Use MMO instead.

 

ok thanks for the help guys ill try it