# Car has been sitting for a year **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 18, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-has-been-sitting-for-a-year/79445 "2010-02-18T07:39:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-has-been-sitting-for-a-year/79445/1 "2010-02-18T07:39:27Z")
I have a 98 altima that i just parked last March when the axles started going bad, hasn’t been started or even moved from where its parked since probably June. I know that the battery needs a jump, maybe replacement and it needs an oil change before i run it. What else should i look at/change before i fire it up again? I’d like to get it running again and fix it up. Before I start it i’m planning to change the oil and was thinking of seafoaming it. ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-has-been-sitting-for-a-year/79445/2 "2010-02-18T07:42:30Z")
it also has less than an 1/8 tank of gas in it, i was planning to make a few runs and fill up my 5gal carry tank, dump in a bottle of that STP fuel conditioner, and then try to start it. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-has-been-sitting-for-a-year/79445/3 "2010-02-18T07:49:19Z")
pull the spark or fuel and crank it a couple seconds to try to get some oil circulated. When it starts let it warm up fully and peak around for leaks in the rare case that any seals may have “dried out”. Otherwise go to town. Also check to see that the tires haven’t dry rotted. ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-has-been-sitting-for-a-year/79445/4 "2010-02-18T07:52:54Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > pull the spark or fuel and crank it a couple seconds to try to get some oil circulated. When it starts let it warm up fully and peak around for leaks in the rare case that any seals may have “dried out”. Otherwise go to town. > > Also check to see that the tires haven’t dry rotted. put new tires on it a few months before i parked it. My main concern is having a mouse jump out at me its parked right next to a huge field lol. You think i should seafoam it or would that blow out any dry seals? Should i run it for a few weeks and then seafoam it, or just leave it be? ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-has-been-sitting-for-a-year/79445/5 "2010-02-18T07:59:04Z")
dont bother with seafoam unless you find a reason for it. that being said it couldn’t hurt to run injector cleaner, old gas gets gummy but I doubt it’ll impact the injectors much. ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-has-been-sitting-for-a-year/79445/6 "2010-02-18T08:02:02Z")
ok cool, sounds better than i was expecting. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-has-been-sitting-for-a-year/79445/7 "2010-02-18T08:49:00Z")
good luck man. if it was in a field there is really good chance its full of mice stuff. i had a car parked for 2 months and it was fine. Then I moved it to a different spot because they had to mow. Apparently it was over a mouse hole or something and they chewed wires and got into the blower box for the heater within 2 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-has-been-sitting-for-a-year/79445/8 "2010-02-18T08:53:16Z")
> [@travisn](#): > > good luck man. if it was in a field there is really good chance its full of mice stuff. > > i had a car parked for 2 months and it was fine. Then I moved it to a different spot because they had to mow. Apparently it was over a mouse hole or something and they chewed wires and got into the blower box for the heater within 2 weeks. well its not in a field, its in my apt parking lot which bordered a large section of woods. Unfortunately they just cleared the whole area for a new subdivision, so all the critters that lived in there went someplace new. ---
**Author:** ![psychopjv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psychopjv/32/7251_2.png) [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-has-been-sitting-for-a-year/79445/9 "2010-02-18T09:29:29Z")
you will probably end up needing brakes if it sat that long. rotors don’t do so well up here. hope you didn’t have the ebrake on the whole time!!! ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-has-been-sitting-for-a-year/79445/10 "2010-02-18T11:05:53Z")
> [@psychopjv](#): > > you will probably end up needing brakes if it sat that long. rotors don’t do so well up here. hope you didn’t have the ebrake on the whole time!!! nah, its an auto so i highly doubt the ebrake is on.