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brematale111
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Oct 2, 2011, 12:17 PM

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Hi, I have a 98 Ford Explorer that has been sitting in my driveway for about 2 years, undriven. I was hoping someone could help me out with an estimate of what I'm looking at to get it running again?

dmac0923
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Oct 2, 2011, 8:09 PM

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prob going to need a new battery or fresh charge on the one in there.

clean the terminals well.

try starting the car... if car has a hard time staying running youll have to drain and replace the gas with fresh gas.
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brematale111
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Oct 2, 2011, 8:44 PM

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Well the car doesn't even start, and the engine makes no noise at all when I try to start it...

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Oct 3, 2011, 2:36 PM

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Before you do get this turned over, would be a good idea to change the oil, pull the plugs and put a few drops of oil in each cylinder. Also get the air intake apart to look for mouse nests so you don't suck a nest down your intake. Two years is plenty of time for the little devils to set up shop.

synchro
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Oct 6, 2011, 1:52 PM

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This is good advice. Only thing I'd add is to put a few squirts of oil in each spark plug hole and turn it over by hand a dozen times. Then with the fresh battery crank it and blow all that crap outta there before putting the cleaned, gapped plugs in.

brematale111
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Oct 6, 2011, 3:18 PM

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okay, thanks a lot for your guys' help. either this weekend or next I'm going to start on those things

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