Trying to start after 1 Year!

[mooks]

GS300 has been in storage for around a year and no i need to move it.

Charged the Battery for 24 hrs and replaced the fob Battery also so as to disable immobilizer.

But wont start,keeps trying but after 5/10 mins of trying eventually voltage drops low and the loud clicking sound starts.

Any tips on what i might need to do to get it started? There are engine and oil lights on as i would expect but there is fuel.

[RgrWynne]

Chances are if the Battery was left, just charging for 24 hrs won’t revive it. Must ask the obvious question have you used fresh petrol ?
The clicking noise is indicative of no Battery power.

[Barry14UK]

Ideally petrol should be used in 3 months from fill up.  It is progressively  less effective after this and although may start a car for quite a time after, the longer it is left the more unsatisfactory it will become.  Depending how much fuel there is presently in the tank it could be helped by adding a good proportion of new fuel.

Did you pull a plug to see whether there was corrosion and a spark when plug body earthed?

 

[Illogan]

As both Roger and Barry have already mentioned - assuming you're getting a spark at the plugs - then fresh petrol would be the very next thing I'd consider

 

[ColinBarber]

Not sure why a duplicate post, and in the wrong forum, but it is very likely to be the immobiliser - see thread on the GS forum.