start the Truck sitting for long time ???

Winter Fox · Oct 16, 2020

Dino soar said: ↑

First of all if @AModelCat tells you anything believe him 100%. He's a full-time mechanic that knows exactly what he's saying.

You're fine. You have nothing to worry about.

What happens is when you shut your engine down oil drains back down to the crankcase but there still is a film over your internal parts.

Starting it after it has been setting a year-and-a-half is no problem.

The problem is if the engine was taken apart and everything was cleaned, then if you do not prime it you will have metal on metal which causes rapid wear.

I have a friend that is a Cummins mechanic and I asked him about this specifically because I have 2 backhoes that sometimes sit for a year at a time and he said the same thing, no problem.

So relax everything will be fine.
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Much appreciate it.

iceman32 · Oct 16, 2020

You have World war 2 Caterpillars that have not been started for decades and they still start. Your engine will be fine as long as the gases that have not seen daylight for a long time, are released into the air.

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