Well I finally received the cheap, unregistered C900 I bought a while back and the engine doesn't run, as stated on the Ebay listing page for it:
What I plan to do is:
- replace the engine oil as what's in the sump is very thin and appears to have fuel mixed with it (!) by the consistency and smell,
- replace the fuel and oil filters,
- maybe remove and clean the injectors.
The fuel tank was empty when the car was delivered so I put about 10 litres of fuel in which should be enough to get fuel into the engine if the fuel injection system is working right.
I don't think doing much more than those basic things will be worth the time or expense since I haven't paid much for the car (A$225 for the car and A$400 to transport it from Brisbane to Sydney), and if the engine really is going to be too costly to repair the car can just be a donor for bits to fix up my other C900 (which is working).
Still, the second C900 has a 5 spd manual transmission so if the engine can be fixed up the car will at least be drivable and that means it could then be put through an inspection for getting it registered (which would increase it's value, but maybe not by much).
So my journey continues...
Regards,
Craig.
-- Craig Ian Dewick ( snipped-for-privacy@lios.apana.org.au).