Re: Starting a car that has been idle for a long w
Of course if there is a way to turn over the oil pump without turning over the motor, that would be a good thing. It's not possible on the twink, but the Renault motor is unknown to me, and may have an external drive for the oil pump.
Pop the valve cover off and pour oil all over the cams etc..
After you get the thing turning over by hand, make sure you pre-fill the new oil filter before you crank it, and pre-lube the oil pump ( on the twink it's pretty important cause sometimes the oil pump will not pump if it's not prelubed, and you wind up spinning the motor over for a while with no oil flow trying to figure it out..)
Now having said all of that, for the most part all I've done is the obvious motor turn over by hand, then fresh oil and filter, spin with no coil wire until oil pressure comes up and then put the wire back and go for it ( carbs should be clean, fuel fresh, and all that ).
I have probably started over fifty motors that have been left for dead over the years. As long as they are buttoned up when they are put away ( like no missing plugs or valve covers ) they generally fire up just fine, with no further damage being done.
My Cortina motor was over 20 years sitting.. ( well, a few owners may have started it, but when I got her she looked pretty much left for dead..) That motor fired up and runs as sweet as when it was new ( no lie, it only has 30,000 miles on the clock, and runs fabulous!! )
Yours should be just fine..