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04-10-2024, 05:53 PM
Hi friends,

As the title suggests, my '92 Previa has been sitting for 7 months while I've been abroad in New Zealand. Before I left, I let it sit for 2 weeks, and starting it was difficult and it seemed to struggle to crank and didn't have oil pressure for longer than I would have liked. Can anyone suggest a procedure for starting it up this time? Maybe something involving cutting the fuel and allowing a few cranks to get some oil pressure built up before letting fuel in? What has worked for people in the past? Am I being overly cautious and I should just charge the battery and fire it up? It's got 230k on it and runs pretty strong, so I want to take good care.

Cheers,

Seth

Previologist
04-11-2024, 01:45 PM
Clean the mouse nest out of the intake? :)

I've started my parts van after sitting for a year. It acts like that and may take a few tries to stay running but it always starts and gets to humming eventually