Sitting for a year

[91 EX-R]

well, a buddy of mine just found a 1990 EX-R 5 speed sedan for really cheap, the only problem is that this thing sat in the persons driveway for a year. they said they drove it around about once a month just to keep it going. but a total of an hour of driving around the block for a year can't be good for any car.

the body's actually in pretty good shape. the engine on the other hand i'm not so sure about. he got them to start it up after he gave them a boost and it sounded ok, i just don't know how well it would do on e-test or safety. plus it threw a CEL(s) right away.

the question i'm asking is, how much do you guys think would need to be done in order to get this thing up to code? and around how much would it cost? hopefully someone can help. thanks in advance.

[thecrow7841]

well
a full tune-up would be nice and really needed.

[H23CB7]

Well first things first, do a tune-up and a thorough inspection on the exhaust system. Make sure everything is good so it puts out minimum emissions. It couldn't be more then a 100 bucks for a tune-up. Unless the exhaust is busted then your talking more money.

*edit* ^^^^He beat me to it

[91 EX-R]

Well first things first, do a tune-up and a thorough inspection on the exhaust system. Make sure everything is good so it puts out minimum emissions. It couldn't be more then a 100 bucks for a tune-up. Unless the exhaust is busted then your talking more money.

*edit* ^^^^He beat me to it

actually, the exhaust is the one brand new thing on the car! well, new before they took it off the road anyway.


one thing i forgot to mention in the first post is that the exhaust has a small leak in it right where the muffler connects to the pipe. just a small hole, nothing huge. anyone know how we could patch that up?

[quickangel93]

the cell is probably a o2 sensor. its probably carboned up. id say ill take it to my mechanic. and take it home and inspect it yourself. cant be anything bad with it really. if it sat for a year.

[thecrow7841]

weld the hole
or take to a shop so they can do it for you
they should not charge alot for it
only for little labor

[Losiracer2]

might wanna change all fluids just to be safe. And if there's any gas in the tank, chances are its all gummed up. So i would flush all fluids.

[PUMASTi]

It shouldn't be so bad if they drove the car once a month. My car sat for 6 months without starting or nothing. But like mentioned before flush all the fluids and put new stuff in it and it should be good to go.
And for the CEL just do the paperclip thing and get the code.

[JohnD1079]

i got my car for free from my uncle. It sat in his garage for 6 months, never touched. I got a new battery and drove it home 1000 miles. (From atlanta to philly). Had no problems with it every bc it sat. The thing even gave me 33 mpg on the way home with no tune up or nothing.

[91 EX-R]

so you guys think all we'll need to do is just change all the fluids in the car (oil, tranny fluid, flush the rad and gas tank), get the exhaust patched up, find out what code(s) it's throwing and fix that, and it'll be good to go for inspection and e-test? hopefully it'll be that easy.

and we can't get the CEL yet since we haven't been back yet. but we'll check later on and i'll let you guys know.

[F20A CB7]

Jus change the oil, put some fuel additive in, or fuel injection cleaner, If ur Anti-freeze is Really dark then change it, make sure u bleed the air out,

[91 EX-R]

well, we ran the code and it was #41 - primary oxygen sensor heater.

now, i have no idea what that is. anyone care to explain?

[cb7dazz]

well, we ran the code and it was #41 - primary oxygen sensor heater.

now, i have no idea what that is. anyone care to explain?

change the front o2 sensor

the one before the cat

[91 EX-R]

change the front o2 sensor

the one before the cat

alright, thanks. but why wouldn't code #1 or 2 come up for the oxygen sensors?

[91 EX-R]

so, anyone care to give a bit more insight into what the "primary oxygen sensor heater" is? i know what the O2 sensor is and does, but don't know what the primary heater is. anyone?