"Scott Dorsey" <kludge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> jacobite <kfenny@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> Well, if you left the car over the winter without any protection, you
> have at least gunked your fuel filter up and maybe even the injectors.
> If you've got fuel that's been sitting for six months, it's got all
> kinds of varnish precipitating out of it and even the high pressure BMW
> system which is almost immune to clogging can fail.
>
> Your battery is probably on its way out, too.
>
> If it were my car, I'd change the fuel filter before doing anything
> else, and I'd run a couple tanks of gas with a lot of injector
> cleaner in it. I'd check the fuel pressure at the rail next.
>
> When you changed the plugs, what did they look like?
>
> Next year, put fuel stabilizer in the tank, and run the engine to get
> the stabilized fuel everywhere through the system. Pull the plugs and
> squirt a little WD-40 in each cylinder, and disconnect the battery.
> Put the battery on a float-charger if possible. When the time comes to
> restart in the spring, check the battery condition, and turn it over
> without the plugs to get the WD-40 residue out of there before starting
> the first time.
> --scott
You mean winterize it like a boat.
Sam S.
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