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Originally Posted by LONDONDERRY
Greeting, I have a 1996 Sentra GXE 110K miles, thats been sitting outside one year in New England weather and now in my garage for the past year.
Originally the starter went and I replaced it. But because it sat outside for a long time, the brakes, rotors and drums have alot of rust and need to be replaced. In addition the emergeny brake cable is frozen in position. So far I replaced the starter. But the car needs a full tune up, brake job, and it leaks oil. It still has 1/8 of a tank of gas, which I'm sure is bad, but I rather not drain out, because of enviromental and safty issues.
So is it worth doing these repairs or not and is there anything that I'm over looking? I'm not going to be able to afford to replace everything all at once. But at what point if a car has been sitting so long that its not worth repairing?
Thanks
Frank
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The rust on the brakes, if only on the rotors, will come off when you drive the car and apply the brakes. As for the gas, look into the engine bay on the drivers side and you'll see a fuel filter that looks like a little canister. Unhook the line from the top of it and buy about 4 feet of 5/16 fuel line from Advanced auto. Attach the line to the top of the fuel filter and run it into an oil drain bucket. From there, put the car into the 'on' position and run the car out of gas. Then put about a gallon of 93 octane in and let the car run (after reapplying fuel line to origional position). Im guessing the car is a manual...park with the car in gear to aviod using the e-brake. It is probably leakin oil from the front main seal, like most B14s. Look to see where the oil is coming from and repost back.
Cost for repair: $20