# Bringing a 2006 Honda S2000 Back to Life **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** batteries, s2000, gasoline, oil, honda\ **Created:** [February 14, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bringing-a-2006-honda-s2000-back-to-life/61302 "2011-02-14T00:43:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![photog72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@photog72](https://community.cartalk.com/u/photog72)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bringing-a-2006-honda-s2000-back-to-life/61302/1 "2011-02-14T00:43:42Z")
The car has been sitting in my garage since June 2009 with only 3300 miles on the odometer. The gas tank is 1/2 full. The oil was not changed before sitting. The battery was never disconnected. I’m guessing I need to get the tank emptied (how?), the battery replaced, and the oil changed. What else do I need to do to bring the car back to driving life? ---
**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bringing-a-2006-honda-s2000-back-to-life/61302/2 "2011-02-14T01:08:50Z")
An Oil change, Sea Foam for gas, new battery and starter fluid, go from there would be what I would do if it was my car. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bringing-a-2006-honda-s2000-back-to-life/61302/3 "2011-02-14T01:29:29Z")
Yea. Pretty much what I think with some minor modification. Unless its all bloated or otherwise obviously buggered I’d probably just start by putting the existing battery on a charger. It may be just fine, but will obviously be low on charge. After dumping in a can of Seafoam, I’d just dump a good 5 gallons or so of fresh gas in there as well. Make sure you pull the air filter & intake to check for rodent nests.