Start procedure after year off the road

[angus337]

Hi folks,

I have a kit car fitted with an STi v4 engine. Due to other projects the car hasn’t run for over a year. Have couple of small jobs to do then will be getting it MOTed again. Just wanted to check if there’s any specific procedure required the first engine start-up after the long lay-up.

Normally on a non turbo engine, I would check the fluids and plugs, Manually turn it over a few times and then start it up and check oil pressure etc. Is this sufficient?

[vxr2010]

Check all fluids and pipes , crank it without a fuel supply to build up oil pressure , once pressure is up then start it