car sat for 4 years, what oils,gas treament(zmax?) or any other idea u recomend

[johntom]

well, i have a 91 240sx fastback, decent condition, when i asked the guy if it starts he grabbed the keys and it fired right up, even after 4 years engine bay looks pretty good with not alot of black, very little body rust(no damage) and paint on the plastic(bumpers) has faded probably due to uv rays, so anyway i need 2 know what to do to have a well maintaned engine, with possibly more power and if u have any ideas on how to make the car LOOK beter that would be great 2

[Wc240]

4 years and starts right up? sorry, but thats really hard to believe. any way, if its been sitting there for a while, you could start buy flushing EVERYTHING. replace all rubber(bbelts,hoses,etc) clean MAF, look up car maintanence

[GO240]

oooh ooooh i love doing maintenance on cars do all this: (in any order)oil changenew plugsbeltshosesair filtervalve cover gasketbrake padsget your rotors turned if possiblecheck tires for dry rotclean the engine bayseafoam through your brake booster vacuum lineflush radiatorchange thermostat check fluidswhen you do this take the car to O' Rielly's and check the alternator and battery and startercheck your bulbs and fuses that should be it have fun

[johntom]

hey, well ya i know unbulievable right, old gas and everything, now just wondering would it be alright if i just put in some 87 octane and just burn the old gas out (the tank is on e) and what is so good about this seafoam stuff,ive seen alot o talk about it on this forum but im still unsure of exactly what it does, the tires are in great shape, oil looks clean,(oil change anyway)air filter is clean(stock) new battery-so he says(looks new) but i want to do the battery relocation mod (to the back) and those seats need a fix lol all lights work, headlights pop when started so the future is looking good for this whip

i have plans to be spending 100 dollars or maybe 50 bucks over that for a *tune up* so just give me some type of price range to go by thanks for the help
Modified by johntom at 10:44 AM 7/20/2009

[Wc240]

inspect everything.150 wont cover all the items listed,even before mods plus mods.

[watson.]

adding to the list above

plug wiresdistributor cap rotor button

some gas and octane booster

[johntom]

well, for starters thanks for your suggestions, me and my dad are quite mechanicly inclined so we should be fine doing things ourselves, i plan on using *mobil 1* 10w30 engine oil and the zmax gas treatment(for fuel injectors) but unsure of what to use for transmission oil(its automatic btw) and uhh there was a post about adding something 2 every 10 gallons of gas but my brain failed i dont want 2 search again i have wrk in the morning,, so ya transmission oil????

[-RJ-]

replace the transmission with a 5 speed

[johntom]

Modified by johntom at 12:09 AM 3/6/2010