Sully1882

went to start my 72 on sunday. chugged, fired a bit and then sputtered and died. Tried three times and then went and shined a flash light in the fuel tank. The car has only been sitting 2-2.5 months and I did add fuel stabilizer but the fuel looked nasty. So I began to siphon the liquid gold out. Once in the buckets it was nasty and cloudy. I got it all out and again looked in the tank and it looks really nice and clean with no rust. Poured in about 1/8th of new fuel and tried to start the old girl again and it just chugs and sputters. I am thinking I need to pull the flexible hoses on the fuel line and blow it all out. I did pour some good fuel in the carb and it fired for a bit. Would this thinking be a good idea? I can't believe that the fuel went bad that quickly.

thanks ,

Sully

Jud Chapin

You didn't say how old the fuel is but if it's 2-3. months, I doubt it would go bad that quickly, especially with stabilizer added to it.

Dodosmike

I'm surprised it went bad as well. maybe the fuel was contaminated when you put it in the car? Is it possible somebody put something in the tank? Was the car stored outside? Any water in the fuel? Ive never seen gas go cloudy. Double check that what you put in the tank was stabilizer? My dad had brakefluid in a stabil container one time, he put in the boat gas by mistake, that didn't fair well for the motor.

Did the gas in the bucket ever separate out? Did the "cloud" fall to the bottom or rise to the top or remain suspended? Did it remain suspended and cloudy?

Pull the line as close to the pump as you can and as close to the tank as you can, blow some air back through it, catch the crap the flows out. Try and blow air into the tank through the line.

Remove the line from the pump (assuming a mechanical pump) that goes to the carb, clear it with air as well. Change any fuel filters, connect it all back up and see what happens.

report back.

dodosmike

Chinaski

My car sat for over a year during my motor swap, and other projects. I did add Stabil.

Added 2 gallons of fresh gas, and mine fired up just fine. I have since burned all of that old gas out of mine.

I don't think the fuel is your problem.

kenba

Unless something was added to the gas it won't go bad. I have had cars stored for years & the gas was OK. Gas sets in storage tanks for a long time before it gets to the pump. I bet you got some gas that had water at the station you bought it at.

Faster Rat

Or the ethanol-laced fuel absorbed moisture from the air...which it most surely does. It can cause a problem if left sitting in just a few months. It will cause a problem after years. I have heard of leaded 108 octane race fuel firing a high compression engine after sitting in the tank for 8 years...with no stabilizer added. Of course, the car sat in a humidity-controlled environment.

Just last month I pulled the carb off my pressure washer. The E10 left inside the float bowl had powderized the pot metal and some of that crap was stuck in the needle and seat. I have seen Q-jets turned to powder. Pure gasoline does not do that.

Sully1882

the tank has a locking cap on it. Fuel tank was filled up to the top, as I always try to do to cut down on condensation. I added the stabil myself straight from the stabil plastic bottle. When I looked into the tank initially it looked like there was some cloudy stuff along the bottom of the tank, hence why I went ahead and drained it out. Once drained into the container on the ground it was nasty and cloudy. However I did not give it time to settle.

Condo_454C3

Sounds to me like clogged lines more than anything. 2-3 months is unusually fast for gas (especially with stabil) to go bad.