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psherwin 
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 Topic: 2 year layup restartPosted: May-04-2021 at 7:33pm |
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1986 PCM 351. Missed last summer boating due to covid. Engine hasn't run for nearly 2 years. What's recommended for starting? Upper cylinder lube?
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'86 Martinique,351 PCM
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KENO
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Posted: May-05-2021 at 7:27am |
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I guess nobody wants to answer your question
You can probably get a whole big variety of answers to this, but not knowing how it was put away/winterized, I'd go about starting it the same way you do after a one winter layup. You could drain the gas and put new in or add some new gas to what's there or just fire it up on the old stuff ( this will guarantee a bunch of responses for you by the way  ) depending on how much is in the tank.If you want to circulate some oil before firing it up, pull the plugs and turn it over with the starter for 15 seconds or so and you'll see pressure on your gauge. It just had a longer nap, it'll wake up just fine as long as it survived the big freeze this past winter down your way with no freeze related issues. Just one guys opinion
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pjsmoreno
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Posted: May-05-2021 at 11:33am |
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You’re going to get many different scenarios on what to do. If
you stored the boat correctly after the last time out on the water then it will
fire up. Not knowing if your boat been sitting outside or in a heated garage or
in a cave like here in the midwest, if it is me, I would first do: Change the oil and filter Make sure your battery is still good and holds a charge. Check the tranny on fluid level. Prime the gas line to the carburetor so it will fire up quicker along with some starter fluid to the carb. Then start her up at home first. Then go from there to see if you have any issues. That’s pretty much a standard spring start up for me….. |
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: May-05-2021 at 12:11pm |
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My Hercules was laid up for 18 years. Fogged at layup, gas drained from carb, never turned over during the layup. Battery hooked up fuel primed and started.
My Y block for 3 years. Same procedure and no problems. Philip, I feel you are over thinking this issue. .
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psherwin
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Posted: May-05-2021 at 12:48pm |
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Thanks for the assurance.
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Jonny Quest
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Posted: May-05-2021 at 1:21pm |
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Don’t pick up the can of starting fluid. I like KenO’s advice. I also like to squirt a small amount of oil into the cylinders when I pull the plugs prior to cranking. Put 2-3 tablespoons of gas directly into the carburetor bore just before attempting to fire the engine up.
JQ
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Gary S
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Posted: May-05-2021 at 1:27pm |
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Pete I remember that, those were some cold winters. That really put a crimp into your 2 week boating season,I'll bet the ice never melted Holman Moody who I understood knew a little about engines advised in their manual to remove the valve covers and manually oil the valve train. But PCM made it so difficult to take them off!
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Posted: May-05-2021 at 2:12pm |
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The right thing to do would be to pull the distributor and run the oil pump drive shaft with a CCW drill. Then you’ll have an excuse to set the timing!
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KENO
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Posted: May-05-2021 at 5:35pm |
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Um Pete.............your mind is slipping or the stories are blending together or your Dunphy has spent multiple years out of the water multiple times or something. Here's a link to your relaxing paddle back to the dock after a 6 year nap last Fathers Day |
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: May-05-2021 at 6:48pm |
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Um Ken, no my mind isn't slipping nor has your badgering. I've had the X for over 40 years so just maybe there was a 3 year span in there that it didn't see water like when I put the new bottom on it?
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KENO
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Posted: May-05-2021 at 7:18pm |
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Like I said Pete..............."multiple years out of the water multiple times"
So when you throw around all your silly numbers about going "x" number of years without looking at your points or your impeller etc. maybe you should qualify those statements with something like "but the boat didn't get used for "x" number of those years".
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