CONKLINATOR Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Hey guys! I've got an '88 pioneer that has been sitting for quite a while. It ran when I parked it about 3 years ago... 2 months later, my wife gave birth to our first kid, and the Jeep got pushed to the back burner. The time has finally come to get the old girl(Jeep, not wife) up and running again. I've put fresh oil and filter in it, filled the coolant, replaced plugs, wires, distributor cap/rotor, put a whole bottle of sea foam in the tank, and topped it off with fresh gas. Just wondering if any of you have recommendations of other precautions I should take before turning that key for the first time. An older gentleman I know suggested spraying WD-40 in each cylinder, and turning the crank shaft with a wrench a few times to help the rings get lubricated and seal. Any and all tips or tricks will be very much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 An older gentleman I know suggested spraying WD-40 in each cylinder, and turning the crank shaft with a wrench a few times to help the rings get lubricated and seal. ^^ This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxmj Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Another easy way is to just pull the coil wire and turn it over normal....oil pump will spin faster and pump oil through the whole motor but no chance of it sparking. 2 other in the plug hole lube additives...sea foam and diesel fuel conditioner... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugalo Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 pull the plugs and put a little Marvel Mystery oil in each cylinder. Spin it up, then re-intall the plugs.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 I much prefer Marvel Mystery Oil rather than WD-40 for this purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnj92131 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 WD-40 is a water dispersant. Here is a neat history of WD-40 and Rocket Chemical Co.: http://wd40.com/cool-stuff/history Take your choice of WD-40, Marvel Mystery Oil, Sea foam or the like. Pull all of your plugs, insert lube of your choice. Turn engine over by hand a few revolutions. Then take the valve cover off so you know when then oil is reaching the cylinder head. Then use the starter motor to spin the engine and pump the oil thru the engine. When you are sure the engine is getting lots of oil - put the valve cover back on and reinstall the plugs. Then you can try to fire the engine off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CONKLINATOR Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Great suggestions... Thanks! I'll let you know how it goes after I get it going. I was going to work on it yesterday, but I think the battery is shot. I put it on a trickle charger 5 days ago, and it never went from "charge" to "store". Deka has a 72 month warranty, so I'm going to get it replaced today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iowamike Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I just got my 88 going again yester day. Marvles mystery is what i used. All the rubber o rings on the injectors, radator hoses, an fuel pump where roted an the fuel rail need an o ring too. O an fuel lines that where high pressure got tossed for the hell of it. Radiator flush an new thermostat was rusted shut. She sat for 4 years or so though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeff87 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 pull the coil wire AND the fuel pump relay, so you don't wash down the cylinder walls and booger up the cat with fuel while cranking. Once you have oil to the top end, reinstall the relay and the coil wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CONKLINATOR Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Just got the new battery... They replaced it for free under the 3 year warranty. I didn't have my receipt, but they were able to look it up. I bought it in April of 2013... That's what I call winning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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