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20 years ago
After sitting for that long, you are going to have to flush the entire fuel system.
Old gasoline is pretty skanky. Drain it.
If you don't want to waste the old gasoline, just add one gallon to each tankful that you burn in the future.
The fuel filters must be changed and it would be a good Idea to clean out the entire Fuel injection system.
Put 5 gallons of new gas in the system and some Chevron Techron FI cleaner.
Change the spark plugs.
I don't know why, but plugs that have been allowed to sit for a few years just don't work that well.
Change ALL fluids in the car. The Antifreeze becomes acidic with age and condensation will put water in the other fluids.
You will probably have to replace all the belts and hoses and distributor cap.
The tires ( over 5 years old) are not safe. Buy new ones.
The Jaguar 12 cylinder a very well built and tough engine.
If you aren't going to do the above by yourself, be prepared to spend about $2000 to get it done properly by an expert.
Since you already started the car, if you were going to damage a valve that was stuck, you've already done that.
Richard H. Kuschel "I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty
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