Haven’t started car in almost a year.

[SteelGreyM]

What should I do? Tires are in good shape. Need to change the battery.

should I pull the fuel pump fuse and crank it over before starting to oil it up?

anything I’m forgetting!!

[bigjae46]

What should I do? Tires are in good shape. Need to change the battery.

should I pull the fuel pump fuse and crank it over before starting to oil it up?

anything I’m forgetting!!

Fresh gas? Ideally the car has CARBOB (CA gas blend) or summer gas in it. Winter non-CARBOB is more volatile and flashes off so it loses octane.

[Slideways]

Charge the battery with a tender to give it a full charge and start it. A modern engine will be fine to start after sitting for a year.

If one wants to put in the extra effort or if the car has been sitting longer than a year, pull spark plugs and pump fuse and crank it over to build oil pressure. Even doing this takes a while to build oil pressure. Better off just starting it with a fully charged battery, letting it idle for a minute or so while you look around the engine bay and drive off slowly letting it get up to operating temp. Once up to temp, stop at a gas station and top off with fresh fuel as Jae suggested.

[davidf]

Change the oil. Pull the fuel pump fuse, pull the spark plugs and crank for 20 seconds, let start rest, crank again for 20 seconds. The goal is to ensure the oil pump has prime and oil is reaching all the bearings without the bearings being under load. Replace plugs and fuses, go get fresh fuel and keep revs relatively low until you have run though a tank of fresh gas.