Will This Acura RL Start After Sitting for 2 Years?

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I was board, so I decided to see if my Acura RL would start after sitting outside on the ground for more than 2 years. Do you think I’ll be able to just fire it up, or will I have to jump through some hoops to make it run? Will it ever run at all?
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@TysonHugie 4 года назад

Rare 1998 RL Special Edition! Send that thing over here and let me restore it!

@ETCG1 4 года назад

You would have your work cut out for sure. Maybe when I move. It's too useful to me ATM.

@blessedone1304 4 года назад

I was about to say the very same thing Tyson lolll

@jonathancruse3322 4 года назад

Love your IG page Tyson!

@codycrawford2385 4 года назад

I was looking to see Tyson’s comment lol, I love your channel I’ve always had a thing for Honda and Acura, I have a 03 Pilot EX-L and a 2006 MDX Touring with RES and Nav I love it

@dimarscars329 4 года назад

@@ETCG1 Please send it to Tyson as soon as you can! He is the absolute master of 80s and 90s and Hondas.

@bricegraham8256 4 года назад

I love these cars, it breaks my heart to see it like this. Honestly hearing it rev sounds like playing a Nintendo 64 when it freezes

@redchris97 4 года назад

🤣🤣 oh no Eric! Now that showed that car on RU-vid someone is going to make you restore it

@claude6318 4 года назад

This would be a great new video series!

@ETCG1 4 года назад

It would take forever to produce since I have to wait 2 years for each video. 😉

@FishingFromTheHeart 4 года назад

So -- had to take my daughter's turtle to Vet... passed by your shop and saw the hood up on the car and said to her " I bet ETCG is filming a new video " She looked at me like... what are you talking about.

@FishingFromTheHeart 4 года назад

@whacky pax I'll stop by when he is filming the LS1 engine swap in that Acura !

@mikeadams2677 4 года назад

Eric, apparently you just don't have "The Fonz" touch on that hood release. Lol

@stephenmorrissey1254 4 года назад

"Ayyyy!" - Henry Winkler

@Echohb 4 года назад

I don't get it... What's ''The Fonz'' ?

@mikeadams2677 4 года назад

@@Echohb The Fond was a character named Arthur Fonzarelli, they called him Fonzi or The Fonz for short, on a TV show back in the late 70s and early 80s called Happy Days. The character was played by Henry Winkler. With one thump on the car, the latch woulda been free, and the hood up all at once. Lol

@jakubpolomsky 4 года назад

I had this car for quite some time and I really loved it. The engine worked until its last hours. Yet what went bad was everything else. Brakes, interior started falling apart, the chassis has rusted apart.. but the engine was still pulling strong even on the last day on the way to the scrapyard!

@commodore665 4 года назад

Number 1 , and it's a Honda , so yep it'll start

@supervitz7178 4 года назад

I've left my Yaris sitting for about 6 months now, planned to sit for around two years. I've done the prep right though! Put junk wheels and tyres on, inflated tyres to 40psi, put silica dehumidifiers inside, removed any loose carpet/floor mats, cleaned inside and out, put on a durable paint sealant, coated the underside in bar and chain oil, filled the fuel tank to max and added Stabil, ran it so the Stabil would mix and get into the engine and left it. Occasionally I go and push it around so the tyres don't flat spot and the handbrake doesn't seize. Oh and I took the battery out. Gonna go back to it and take it for a drive at some point to prevent the auxiliaries from seizing up having seen this video.

@highlypolishedturd7947 4 года назад

Nice preparation! Extended sitting is pure hell on a car, but you've given yourself much better odds. I hope it turns out well for you.

@TheRealJerseyJoe 4 года назад

You have released the magic smoke... Well done sir !

@The.Dude.Abides. 4 года назад

2:19 = me starting my car every morning.

@err20three 4 года назад

The reason I love Acura, Japanese engineering at its best!

@spikerbrad23 4 года назад

You can always count on an old Japanese car to start like it was running the day before after sitting outside for years.

@tuoitreomaha9096 4 года назад

spikerbrad23 i have honda lawn mower it would start first pull after winter. I also have toro snow blower got it brand new and it would NOT start after sitting thru the summer. Japanese quality is very good

@mohammedbierey 4 года назад

During the quarantine I worked on two cars of mine that were parked for 6 months also did some minor scadual maintenance on my daily driver Accord. I literally live in the garage these weeks

@2fast4all 4 года назад

Honda Engineers at home: That shit better start. Engine starts. HEH Perfect. We know how to build motors.

@blakestone75 4 года назад

“There’s smoke! Smoke smoke smoke!” J. Clarkson

@drivedb7 4 года назад

No redline for a good time, Eric? 😂

@xenolard 4 года назад

I miss dave :(

@Volusiaev 4 года назад

Today's my birthday!!!!!! I'm going to grab a huge piece of that digital cake with a glass of ice-cold milk! Thank you, Eric!

@ETCG1 4 года назад

Happy Birthday!

@TreyCook21 4 года назад

Happy Birthday! Drunken Ken will sing when he wakes up.

@DavidWilliams-ic1nn 4 года назад

pretty awesome. the comedian in me wishes that "let the engine rev" scene lasted like 40 minutes.

@dropinbiking92 4 года назад

My old Integra started up great after 4+ years. Good old hondas.

@PickupsAreNotTrucks 4 года назад

As a trucker, I apologize for some of my fellow drivers being animals and throwing garbage out.

@ETCG1 4 года назад

Thank you for that. Littler is something I just can't stand. I wish my landlord felt the same way.

@frankmcgorman962 4 года назад

Kind of like an episode of CWM or Mustie1 ... "Will it Run?" ... Of course it will. What happens after is another matter ... 😁 Cheers, stay safe and stay well!

@darius2640 4 года назад

you would think that eric the *car guy* would take better care of his cars but no, worst possible scenario

@djambrosia 4 года назад

By the time I get back in my Honda it will likely look the same.

@MrGarycharters 4 года назад

Thanks for keeping it light. Tired of hearing the thing we should not name.

@Oblithian 4 года назад

I have never seen a car mold before.

@jdigitalseven7 4 года назад

Tiny engine, no forced induction...should start but prolly wont run too well.

@GarthGoldberg 4 года назад

I had a Porsche 911 once owned by a veterinarian with a big dog. I sold it after eight years and it still had some dog hair in it.

@pantherplatform 4 года назад

Several of my Panthers have sat for 2 years or more and some have even sat for over 10 years and they've all started right up except for two of them that had frozen fuel pumps. Instead of replacing them, I applied power to them at the fpdm to spin them backwards then forwards to get them unstuck. Works every time.

@mds2465 4 года назад

I remember when these first came out! My neighbors got one brand new at the time in beige and it was a very nice car!

@nsxt290 4 года назад

Same here. My uncle had one of these a 97 model. I thought that was such an awesome car after NSX. Looking back, i just liked all cars ( still like NSX w/ the flip up lights).

@patrickzambori473 4 года назад

every time I let my civic sit too long, the alternator seizes up from rust between the rotor and field.. I put a socket on it and works it back and forth to break the rust free, and blow it out with air, and it's good until next time I park it. Routine stuff.

@wobblysauce 4 года назад

Was thinking the same thing... no don't cut the belt, he cut the belt.

@ivokraaier9740 4 года назад

@@wobblysauce and the wrong one at that!

@randomvideosn0where 4 года назад

Yeah I try to start every engine at least once a month, and take the bike for a ride. Every time I'm amazed how the wind cuts through a Carhartt, a fleece, 2 hoodies, and a t-shirt going only 30.

@gsr2envy 4 года назад

Keep that honda running. I loved watching it. To you its just a gate. To others its a treasure. Lol

@sharmaLlama 4 года назад

Wow...Honda engineering...impressive....👍😁

@JJFLD 4 года назад

Typical Japanese car, self healing abilities.

@jonathanmagness5370 4 года назад

I totally forgot you had this car I thought you had sold it

@panzerveps 4 года назад

Eric left the car for two years, just so he could make this video when things got tough.

@michaelbloom5342 4 года назад

I'm shocked the gas was still good.

@highlypolishedturd7947 4 года назад

Just good enough, but not very good. Yeah, I thought the same thing about the gas.

@DkpProductions 4 года назад

hood pins

@isalmankhan1 4 года назад

Eric this was an awesome car deserves some care😉 Thanks for sharing👍 Stay safe Bro👍

@HiroNguy 4 года назад

Put that halfway good engine in another RL!

@adamshusta9886 4 года назад

"Rev up your engines!!" Ole Scotty would be proud. Future derby car maybe? Good video!!

@1atech 4 года назад

Can you run a car without a battery hooked up as long as you don't run any electrical loads? (Just use it for starting purposes and then unhook terminals)

@ETCG1 4 года назад

Not a good idea as it could damage the electrical system, and not with this car since the alternator is frozen up.

@zx8401ztv 4 года назад

You evil swine lol :-D I was not supprised that the engine started, it's a honda. It is a shame to watch a good old vehicle sit there and die. is there no chance of you fixing the mechanical side and ripping the seats out to give it a drench with a strong smelling carpet cleaner for as cheap as possible.? Give it away working and at least it will be usefull to someone. Just a thought, i'm not trying to make you feel bad about your lack of love for an old dog :) lol :-D. he he :-D

@ETCG1 4 года назад

This car was DOA when I got it. Check out the video in the description. Not worth fixing which is why I got it for $200.

@CosmeDC 4 года назад

Good cars always stay good cars. Just for that she deserves a new life.

@nopenottalib4366 4 года назад

Sometimes it's fun to just go out and mess with some old junk you care nothing about and see what it'll do. This makes me want to go out to the shed and pull the seized up starter on one of my garden tractors that hasn't run in 3 years or so and see if I can get it to turn over.

@pawwalton2157 4 года назад

It's good to know that after this virus crisis is over, if less than two years, and you have a Honda then install a fresh battery you may have a car that runs!

@JGnLAU8OAWF6 4 года назад

My 93' Toyota Tercel started up after 5 years just fine, but alternator was seized just like yours.

@DaCoder 4 года назад

New nickname for the car? "Ol'Reliable"

@InsideOfMyOwnMind 4 года назад

Moldy Oldy.

@dtaylor5493 4 года назад

Valve adjustment and a bottle of seafoam in the oil should shut that motor up

@ETCG1 4 года назад

Sadly you can't adjust the valves on this engine.

@Brianlsvtec 4 года назад

Hondas. Gotta love em!

@xtrongarage9666 4 года назад

That was awesome.

@Jerkwad152 4 года назад

I predict yes.

@rhkips 4 года назад

This thing makes the same noises I do when I wake up in the morning! :D

@AntonioClaudioMichael 4 года назад

Very entertaining

@bradleykurtz5536 4 года назад

I would’ve at least put some Marvel Mystery Oil into the engine since the top end was probably pretty dry...

@SmittySmithsonite 4 года назад

The best digital cake EVER! 😂🤣😂 I've found any vehicle built after 1995 will have the alternator seized solid after 6-12 months of sitting over an unpaved surface. They go up in smoke, then BAM! The tensioner slams back as the belt melts in 2. I almost had a fire once in a '05 Mustang in which the same thing happened. The belt got so hot there were glowing embers dropping down onto my flatbed trailer where it was parked! I shut the engine down after I saw the shower of embers, and when the belt snapped it scared the crap out of me, LOL. That tensioner swung back HARD!

@nestorroman2694 4 года назад

Please make some more videos on this RL. THE Timing belt, starter and the steering wheel tilt fix ETC. ETCG1

@ETCG1 4 года назад

Not with this car. It's just not worth it.

@nestorroman2694 4 года назад

@@ETCG1 Noooooooo! LOL!

@stangalucian331 4 года назад

We miss the vigor and that old subaru sw. I subscribed because i like to see an old car that has no value or it doesn't make economic sense to repair NOT beeing scrapped. A car that doesn't deserve to be saved but a guy does it anyway. For me, that video is more entertaining than all the fairmont videos. Keep it up Eric! We want to see more junk

@vijayantgovender2045 4 года назад

Thank you Eric I always love watching your videos I am from South Africa

@TreyCook21 4 года назад

Sweet cake!

@matthewshambler2644 4 года назад

Will it start.. yes! Will it drive.. probably! Stay tuned for the next ETCG1 video 😉

@12yearssober 4 года назад

I’ll never understand why people let dogs destroy their cars and houses.

@saywhat9158 4 года назад

In those instances, it is usually the case that the dogs are cleaner animals than the human anyway though they use the animals as an excuse.

@12yearssober 4 года назад

SayWhat? Yeah cause without the dogs they would be pooping in their floor themselves.

@vcdrny 4 года назад

Possibly a good candidate for the race of lemons.

@teardowndan5364 4 года назад

Let those rusty pipes ripen some more :)

@InsideOfMyOwnMind 4 года назад

Give it to Neutral Drop.

@taimaishu-nao1922 4 года назад

How did 18 people NOT like this video?! There was smoking parts! Also, please don’t show us how to steal parts from under the hood of a ‘98 Acura RL.

@-rudy- 4 года назад

Funny...the second it started up and the belt squealed, I immediately said "Alternator!" The exact same thing happened on my '97 CR-V after it had sat for a few months and yes, it melted the belt. I'm just going to fix it up enough (replace rusted oil pan) to sell it and get it out of my life (as a mechanic's special). I'm going to do what I can to free up the alternator and get it rotating. I've had it since new. Time to move it along and make room for more Honda hoopties. 😁

@davyarthurs 4 года назад

You get a like just for that cake 🤣 Well, you would have had one anyways.... Runs good for 2 year old petrol/gas!

@Mortalomena 4 года назад

This is why you drive a car atleast every few months for min 20 min, otherwise this happens.

@soldiersvejk2053 4 года назад

Somehow I feel used Toyota and Honda in the junkyard will become strategic resources after WW3.

@SwapBlogRU 4 года назад

Love the car itself, but the state it's in makes me cry.

@GarthGoldberg 4 года назад

Toyota? I'd say 100% probability it's going to start. Honda/Acura? Only 99%.

@midnightmystery544 4 года назад

Thanks for not totally busting up the grille!

@Brendonsanya 4 года назад

I like will it start videos and ETCG videos in general :)

@davidkatz2034 4 года назад

eric my 2005 acura rl was having a brake pump problem and the vsa light was on so i replaced the pump and module but now the vsa light is still on and now the awd light is on have you ran into this problem before maybe its a communiction problem i dont know its driving me crazy can you help thanks david

@marsredr100 4 года назад

Do all windows roll down? If so, we can change the alternator and used it for a drive by...hope the trunk is empty cuz is a must too.

@15743_Hertz 4 года назад

"The engine's thumping like a disco We ought to dump her in the Bay" - Diesel "Sausalito Summernight"

@saywhat9158 4 года назад

Not an environmentally friendly song but they were referencing a car like this one.

@InsideOfMyOwnMind 4 года назад

And I thought I was the only one still twisted enough to know about that song. And if you didn't think that was bad enough, check out this gem. napoleon the 14th they're coming to take me away I was going to post the yt link but I don't know if Eric's cool with links here.

@15743_Hertz 4 года назад

@@InsideOfMyOwnMind "Poisoning pigeons in the park" - Tom Lehrer "Fish Heads" - Barnes & Barnes "Gold" - John Stewart (Stevie Nicks is in it)

@InsideOfMyOwnMind 4 года назад

@@15743_Hertz I knew the last two, in fact the local rock FM station used to play Fish Heads every day at noon for years. It was the opening to their lunch hour set called The Blue Plate Special."

@InsideOfMyOwnMind 4 года назад

@@15743_Hertz And I just caught your screen name. Seems a bit horizontal but only correct for color.

@darthvincor 4 года назад

Can't help but feel bad for the car. But, you can't save them all.

@benjamincoulsey7367 4 года назад

Thank you Eric for the video. It nice having just a fun entertaining moment at this time. Stay dirty.

@zoneb609 4 года назад

Eric... why don't you enable that vehicle again? some cleaning and would be a nice car... I'd love to have one of those

@InsideOfMyOwnMind 4 года назад

There's a time to plant and there's a time to plow. Can you see where I'm going with this?

@clevelandmaker386 4 года назад

Man... that's a shame...a good car going to waste! that car could have been saved

@drivedb7 4 года назад

It might still run fine, but being an old northern car, it's probably not pretty underneath - even before it was parked.

@midnightmystery544 4 года назад

@@drivedb7 I'm sure Eric wouldn't have neglected it if it was in better shape regarding body rot.

@ETCG1 4 года назад

Not without a complete rebuild. The interior was completely trashed when I got it.

@sphinx1390 4 года назад

There is a reason he got it for $200. A car being able to run and drive doesn't make it a good car or even worth messing with. I've seen tons of nicer accords of the same age crushed for less. Only so many cars can be saved from mechanically minded people, the rest get crushed. As far as I'm concerned he saved the car already by stopping it from going to pull a part.