Sitting Car

[Susquatch]

if any appreciable amount of water has been sitting in the cylinders for any real time it will be locked up from rust, send it to the wreckers

Yup, but I did say intake system not cylinders. The reference to cylinders was after trying to crank it.

i didnt move out to alberta until i was in my mid 20's, saved a fair number of clunkers before then, i still stand by checking the oil and seeing if it will crank/fire, if its full of water its f'd anyways so no loss there. If the tanks full of water the pump is likely f'd and its not going to fire.

The pump will be fine as long as it didn't freeze. Things don't rust under water or fuel.

We can both hope that you are right. My way, you don't have to hope. Either way we can agree to disagree.

Good luck, if it was driven into that garage in good running condition your chances are good youll be driving it away with new fuel (+filter), battery and an oil change

I'll second that wish!

 

[Chicken lights]

That's the most positive thing I've heard. Hopefully it's an attached garage so the temp cycles are low. I wish I could find an old car like that.

I'd just love to find a 1970 Mustang Mach1 that's been sitting in a Garage for 50 years. I had one back then. It was the best car I ever owned. My younger brother totalled it.

if any appreciable amount of water has been sitting in the cylinders for any real time it will be locked up from rust, send it to the wreckers

i didnt move out to alberta until i was in my mid 20's, saved a fair number of clunkers before then, i still stand by checking the oil and seeing if it will crank/fire, if its full of water its f'd anyways so no loss there. If the tanks full of water the pump is likely f'd and its not going to fire.

this is a 1995 buick regal, Its not going to take much $ to tip the scales into wrecking yard territory, i would want to know as fast and as cheaply as possible if it has a hope of living on



Good luck, if it was driven into that garage in good running condition your chances are good youll be driving it away with new fuel (+filter), battery and an oil change, just be careful its pretty easy to get behind the curve on something like that, with shop rate what it is

It was pretty much SOP to hack off the fuel line to run a new one to a Jerry can, water bottle of fuel to fill the bowls, check for some kind of fluids in the oil pan and rad, vise grip the battery cables to a battery and see if she would kick

Or if it was a diesel have a can of Cosby sauce handy

 

[phaxtris]

Either way we can agree to disagree.

agreed

I think hes in good shape if it sat in a garage, Hopefully he's out the door for under a grand, that would be a good deal!

@architect assuming you do get it running, i would expect to go through a couple fuel filters in the first few months of driving, possibly a pump as the strainer gets clogged

It was pretty much SOP to hack off the fuel line to run a new one to a Jerry can, water bottle of fuel to fill the bowls, check for some kind of fluids in the oil pan and rad, vise grip the battery cables to a battery and see if she would kick

Or if it was a diesel have a can of Cosby sauce handy

if only, its a little more tricky with fuel injection and an in tank pump, the saving grace is the tank on a fuel injected car is much better sealed up than anything carbureted

 

[trlvn]

a can of Cosby sauce handy

I'm glad I wasn't trying to drink anything when I read that!!

Craig

 

[KeeponDragon]

That's the best reference to starting fluid ether I've ever read...totally stealing that

 

[YotaBota]

Funny how the mind works, I saw "old Buick" and read 1955. When someone mentioned injectors that's when I went back and reread the initial post and realised it was a 1995. For those of us over 60/70 a 1995 car doesn't register as being old. Cool is 50's , 60's and early 70's, old is older than that. YMMV

Now I just feel old(er). lol

You should be able to change the gas, ad a bottle of injector cleaner, charge the battery and go.

 

[phaxtris]

i get that, i work with a few younger guys, early 20's, and they will be telling me about some "old car" they had in high school or that they are getting on the weekend, and here i come to find out its like a 2005 Honda. I guess its all just perspective

 

[DPittman]

i get that, i work with a few younger guys, early 20's, and they will be telling me about some "old car" they had in high school or that they are getting on the weekend, and here i come to find out its like a 2005 Honda. I guess its all just perspective

Yup perspective. When I was a kid, electric window in a car were SO cool and only in NICE cars and almost never in a truck.
My kids initially thought my manual crank windows in my truck were nifty. Now they just think I'm lame and an out of date geezer.

 

[architect]

I am aware of the relativity of "old" and they perception here! I own 80s motorcycles and they are pretty "new" to me in other ways but I was really thinking of expected lifecycle of the car and how MTO considers this "old-old", needing a third party appraisal on anything 30+ years old to figure out HST owed in ownership transfer.

 

[Kernel Sanders]

Yes, the last 'old' car I have, the MTO needed the third party appraisal for ownership change to determine the 'value' for taxes. My insurance company wanted an additional appraisal for insurance 'value' once I completed required repairs. My takeaway was don't do any repairs until after the MTO appraisal, then re-appraise after repairs for insurance purposes especially if you want collision or upset on the vehicle for replacement value.

 

[architect]

Yes, the last 'old' car I have, the MTO needed the third party appraisal for ownership change to determine the 'value' for taxes. My insurance company wanted an additional appraisal for insurance 'value' once I completed required repairs. My takeaway was don't do any repairs until after the MTO appraisal, then re-appraise after repairs for insurance purposes especially if you want collision or upset on the vehicle for replacement value.

The Buck doesn't fall under "vintage collector" category so the insurance quote was pretty straight forward. It's not "old enough" . The appraisal is a pain but I think my mechanic shop might be authorized to complete this but will have to double check.

 

[slow-poke]

FWIW, I had an old engine sitting in an unheated garage for a good 5 years. I then pulled the heads and to my surprise there was still a film of oil on the cylinders and no rust at all.