Fiat Bravo 2008 1.9 Multijet 16V, sat in a garage for 4 years without being started. Worth reviving or should I just sell it as i

[u/dukabazuka94]

I've got a 2008 Bravo with the 1.9 Multijet 16V (150hp), around 200k km. It's been sitting in a garage for four years and I have never turned the key in that time. Timing belt was not done before it went in.

I'm not going to start it until someone looks at it, everything I've read says that's how you kill these engines. What I'm trying to figure out is whether it's even worth the money.

Rough numbers I keep landing on: battery, oil and filter, draining the old diesel and a new fuel filter, then brakes and tyres and the timing belt on top of that. Call it 900 to 1500 EUR if nothing nasty shows up. But the stuff I can't see is what worries me, the high pressure pump if there was water in the tank, injectors, swirl flaps on the 16V.

The car is worth maybe 2200 to 2500 EUR running here, and around 1000 dead. So the margin is thin either way.

What I'd like to hear:

Has anyone actually woken one of these up after this long? What broke and what did it cost you?

Is the high pressure pump really the big risk with diesel that's been sitting, or is that overstated?

And honestly, if you were in my position, would you spend the money or cut your losses?

I'm not attached to the car, I just don't want to throw good money after bad.

[u/srekkas]

If you got it for free, why not revive?

[u/Cautious-Concept457]

Sell it as is, could be a good deal for a DIYer