1985 civic

[bannock 10+ year member]

hey guys. my woman's mom has a 85 civic that she wants me to get running and out of her garage. it was put in there about 5 years ago with nothing wrong with it. i drained the gas and put new gas in it, and can get it to start for about 30 seconds - 1 min when i put gas in the carb but then it dies, did it plenty of times to let anything cycle though. any other things i should be looking at?

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[Bobfig 10+ year member]

have you checked the plugs, got a new fuel filter, and changed the oil?

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

it will need a tune-up/flush.. flush all the fluids gas, oil, trans(maybe) new plugs, wires, oil filter, check the battery it may need charged/changed out.

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

to just get it to run, check ignition fuel and air/fuel mixture. Odds are it will be tough at first. play with the choke without putting fuel in the carb.

 

[cx-7heaven 10+ year member]

It has varnish throughout the fuel system. The reason it dies after a minute is because the carb is all gunked up inside. Replace the fuel filter to start with, also check the plugs, and so on.