maestro1024

I was working on my mustang this weekend.

This thing has sat for 10 or 15 years. I can turn the key over now but fuel is not coming out from the fuel pump. Took the house off in front of the fuel pump (before fuel pump) and just a little bit of gas came out (maybe a cup).

We put "stabil" in there but it has not set for any time. Also blew air into the fuel line to see if it would remove any blockage.

My next thought is to take off the house at the gas tank and blow from there up to the line in front of the fuel pump and make sure that flows.

Any other thoughts? If the gas line blow through do I have to take the tank out?

mr_velocity

Used to be that Stabil will keep gas fresh for a year, maybe 2. With the newer fuels, you're lucky to get 6 months. I don't store anything performance related with fuel in it anymore. Adding Stabil to old gas is just throwing money down the drain, once it has turned bad its bad.

Drain the take, pull the pickup and flush it out. Probably going to need to replace the fuel pump and rebuild the carb while you're at it.

maestro1024

The guy at the auto parts store said to pick up the stabil stuff to break up the old gas stuff. But after I got it home and read through the label real good I didn't see anything like that.

"Drain the take, pull the pickup and flush it out."

If I pull the hose off where the line is running out of the tank will it drain there? I don't think this one has the drain plug.

What is the pickup?

Thanks again

kalli

the pickup is where the hose comes out of your tank towards fuel line.
you can take the whole thing out. you'll have a swimmer with a sock attached on the iside. tank side.
as above, the fuel is worse than bad after a few years. flush the whole system. rebuild carb. the fuel pump sounds bad as well if it doesn't deliver. I probably would replace it anyway with filters

andrewmp6

Since you don't have a drain plug the easiest way to drain it is go to any boat supply place or maybe hardware store ask for a hand held bilge pump its about 30 bucks.Then take the pickup out of the tank get some buckets and use the bilge pump to suck the tank dry.