Did he go out and start the car at all in those 4 years? If not, just for the hell of it and to prime the pump and pump some oil through the engine I would pull the coil wire and crank it for a minute or so. Make sure the tranny is full of fluid, and you might want to run some injector cleaner though it with every other tank full for the first few weeks or so too. Good luck!
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