japjet1978

my 1978 as been setting for 3-4 a years and I am ready to restore any suggestions for a safe restart....going to replace the fuel filter, battery and add octane increaser to fuel tank any other suggestions would be appreciated

NismoPick

Welcome to ZDriver!

Octane increaser isn't going to do anything for old crappy gas. Drain the gas tank.

silverzxbullet

Definetly drop and clean the tank ^^ also. Pull the plugs drop some motor oil or some sort of good lube and let it sit for a couple hrs prior to start up, to keep the rings from sticking and scaring the cylinder walls.

japjet1978

had gas stabilizer in tank should I still drain tank? good suggestion to pull plugs and lubricate thanks

silverzxbullet

Yes stabilizer is good for temporarily not running vehicles. For seasonal boats, RVs, ATVs ect. Maybe two season's, any more then a yr and the gas first starts to change and smell like kerosene then separates even further. Getting thicker and thicker turning into a very varnish like substance. You don't want to leave that in the bottom of your tank or run it through your lines let alone have the fuel pump try to push it and gum up. Definitely don't want it getting into your injectors.