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Old Jul 13, 2025 | 04:01 PM
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My C6 GS has been sitting since December ‘24. I’ll be starting her soon. Gas has been treated & she’s on a trickle charge, oil & coolant are good. Is the method of: Depressing throttle to floor
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Hitting “Start” for 5-7 seconds 4 or 5 times, the best way to go? She’s a convert, so no dry sump

This is my first later model. I’m basically a C1, 2 & 3 guy.

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That method works great, Just hold it wide open... Hit the start button and will crank. If you want you can continue to hold the throttle until it times out and it will stop cranking. I think it will do that after 10-15 seconds. Then you can start it again like normal or even give it another round to endure you are getting the oil moving around
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That method works great, Just hold it wide open... Hit the start button and will crank. If you want you can continue to hold the throttle until it times out and it will stop cranking. I think it will do that after 10-15 seconds. Then you can start it again like normal or even give it another round to endure you are getting the oil moving around

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