O/T starting long setting diesel

I bought a complete salvage 2007 Freightliner chassis/6 cylinder turbo Cummings and Allison trans. Heard it run before I loaded it on trailer. Had major health problems so has now been setting 2 years without running. What do I need to do before I try to start it. I know I have to get new batteries, (has 24 volt start) Do I need worry about turbo or oiling system before starting? Any suggestions? Thanks, Chuck

I've started engines setting longer than that with no major problems and also started some that were nothing but problems. That said the oil doesn't wear out so it ought to be OK. Even so I'd run it for a little bit with the oil in it and then change it just because. As for the turbo sometimes they'll stick, sometimes they won't. Personally I'd pull the intake and check just to make sure. If it's locked up the pull it and have it gone through first thing. Beyond that I'd get some Seafoam or at least some type of additive and mix it with the fuel, be it old fuel or new stuff. If there is any stickines in the injection system I know Seafoam will take care of it but I'm sure some of the other additives will do the same thing. Other tha those couple of things I really wouldn't worry too much, it'll either start and run OK or it won't. Good luck.

I'd check the fluids and fire it up. It either goes or it doesn't. Sam

i could be wrong here but i dont thin it will have a 24 volt starter it will be 12 volt,if this is an isx engine listen for the electric fuel pump make sure it is running prior to starting to purge any air out of the fuel system,the pump is controlled by the ecm and will only run for a little while and then shut off again, cycle through the pump a couple times to make sure all the air is purged

I would not be concerned with starting an engine that has been sitting for that amount of time, the engine is new enough that it should have no problems quickly building oil pressure and lubing everything well as soon as it spins over. I am not sure where you are but right now it is about 10 degrees F here, so I wouldn't choose today for the first time to start it in 2 years, unless you just really needed it, it would be much easier on you and it if you could wait til a warmer day.

On another note, I am not trying to talk down about the OP I just have a question that has really been bugging me.

(quoted from post at 22:36:01 01/02/10) I bought a complete salvage 2007 Freightliner chassis/6 cylinder turbo [b:2acff4443f]Cummings[/b:2acff4443f] and Allison trans.

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I am not trying to be mean here, but why do so many people thinks it is Cummings instead of Cummins? I have never quite understood why, the name is plastered everywhere and still people think it has a G in it. I am just interested in why so many people think it is spelled that way. It would be different if it were just a couple people, then I would not be so curious but, every time you read a post on any forum (except for an actual Cummins forum) some person will always type Cummings. At first I thought it was just a slip on the keyboard that was leading to the misspelling and then I heard someone pronounce it that way in a conversation and it really got me to wondering. Does anyone have any ideas why? I noticed when typing this that the spell checker underlines CUMMINS as if it were spelled wrong but not CUMMINGS, maybe that has something to do with it? I dunno, that surely doesn't explain people saying it wrong. Maybe someone can explain the reasoning behind the error and kill my curiousity.

Most likely because a lot of us call it a Cummings to be politically correct. Giggle.
Walt

It's the same as pronouncing the word "diesel" de sell. The correct way is de zle.

I had forgotten about that, I had an acquaintance from high school who would always call it D-cell like the battery. I never had the heart to correct him, he was real stupid but most of the time he was a good guy.

(quoted from post at 11:07:48 01/03/10) de zle.

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That word is unpronounceable, and even if it was, I refuse, because that's the way the legend (in his own mind) Woody Harrelson pronounces it.

Last I heard him somewhere (Letterman/ Leno/ ??) I was left gagging after his rant on why we all should be using "biiii oooohh deee zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzle"

I had to go wash out my throat.

Just watch the oil pressure closely until it warms up Had a Cat 955 that also had set for years. Sheared off the pin in the oil pump shaft. Pump was bound up from carbon that had settled out of the oil.

I have started engines that were out of service longer than yours.Best thing is to let it idle for a few minutes. Watch the oil pressure. You can also spin it with the fuel shut off to pump the oil back into the system. Should be no problems. My oldest one was on the old KATY Railroad building. In Dallas Texas. Sat for twenty years before we started it back up.

It's one of my pet peeves also. Wife and I took a trip to northern Calif. town of Fort Brag. We boarded the "skunk steam train" and rode inland about 23 miles to a rest area. There was another diesel powered single rail car that had come the other way from Willits and met us there. I was talking to the engineer of that car about it's history. He told me that it was powered by a 220 cummings. I very diplomatically corrected him. Then wanting to know what kind of transmission it had, I asked "how does it drive?" He said "oh it has a steering wheel" Touche'

Thanks for the response. I will try to get it running in the next week or so. Plan on trying to get rid of it & want to make sure its okay first. It does have a 24 volt starter on it. Just too many things (tractors)to do & so little time to do them in. I have to wait a few days to get rid of some aches & pains that I now seem to acquire since I passed 75 a few months ago. Thanks again, Chuck