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Posted: 9/24/2008 6:11:59 PM EDT

I've had a car that has been sitting for about 4 months tops.

Am I going to wreck the engine if I start it up without draining the gas tank?

Posted: 9/24/2008 6:12:50 PM EDT

[#1]

No.

Posted: 9/24/2008 6:13:53 PM EDT

[#2]

No, but you'll probably have a hard time getting it started if the gas has turned stagnant and stale from sitting for so long.

Posted: 9/24/2008 6:22:53 PM EDT

[#3]

Depends on how finiky the car is i guess. I had the same tank of gas in my jeep for 1.5 years before. No problems at all.

Posted: 9/24/2008 7:06:53 PM EDT

[#4]

no, but make sure you change the air in the tires before you drive it

Posted: 9/24/2008 7:16:13 PM EDT

[#5]

I bought an '83 Olds Delta eighty-eight for $175, about 3 years ago. It had been sitting for 7 years in the same spot when I bought it. I started it right up (after some slight caressing

) and drove it home on 7 year old gas.

Posted: 9/24/2008 7:17:56 PM EDT

[#6]

i had a car that sat for 3 years. after throwing a battery in it and pumping the shit out of it it fired up and ran like a top

Posted: 9/24/2008 7:18:05 PM EDT

[#7]

Nope, I just started the engine and started detailing my truck tonight that has been filled up only once this year. No problems whatsoever. The only thing I am going to do is toss in a bottle of Gumout Regane once i'm done detailing it and then go out and drive the hell out of it.

Posted: 9/24/2008 7:19:05 PM EDT

[#8]

Depending on the humidity of your area, 4 months is not long at all. I had an old truck that I was selling, hadn't been started for at least 2 1/2 yrs and who knows how old that fuel was. New battery and it fired right up.

should be fine.

Posted: 9/24/2008 7:22:19 PM EDT

[#9]

Man, are you on drugs?

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