Parked car troubles

[pulsar_nx]

I've inherited an around '00 honda civic that has been parked for a year. After putting a new battery in it and starting it up for the first time I "noticed" and irregular/inconsistent knocking in the engine area.

Do you guys suppose it could be bad gas or something much worse?

The car has +200k on it but I don't remember it there before he parked it, I do know that it has a bad CV boot and I assume that was the reason it was parked.

[Scott K]

I would change oil, get new gas in it, and drive it and find out if it goes away. If it does, no worries, if it doesnt, it was free

[Pooh]

i just went throught this...i did oil, fresh tank of gas with a can of sea foam. fuel filter after the first half tank along with plugs and wires. your biggest problem is problably the fuel, its old.