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    Quote Originally Posted by IDCoconut
    I had to do that to my car when we pulled it out of the trailer that it sat in for 9months.

    The only things I changed were the plugs, wires, fuel filter, and battery.

    When it came to the gas, the car had a full tank so I drained all of it and flushed the fuel lines from the engine bay back to the lines to the tank using low pressure air from an air compressor. I did this just incase the gas did gunk up. Most of the time if it's just 1yr, it should be fine, but I did it anyway. Since it's just 1/4 tank, I'd just use some starting fluid on the intake and add a can of octane booster to the gas. If it doesn't start, then drain the gas.
    ugh, on a fuel injected car?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    ugh, on a fuel injected car?!
    makes a somewhat boring task much more fun



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    also use propane to detect vacuum leaks.

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