starting a florida stored vehicle
stored my ford tarsus 01 in Florida for the summer, poured some stabilizer in it before leaving, will not fire unless i use starting fluid, then it will only run if I spray more into it, any ideas?
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rjxj wrote:
When you first turn the key to run position without cranking it you should hear the in tank fuel pump cycle on for x number of seconds and then shut off. There is a schrader valve on the fuel (rail or pipe) system somewhere on the engine. If you remove the cap and touch the valve stem you should get fuel. Use a rag and obviously dont get it in your eyes. It's just a crude test of seeing if any fuel is available.
From there you can install a pressure gauge on the valve and read fuel pressure. You can have good fuel pressure and not volume. At this point you basically want to see something available at the schraeder valve. The car wasn't bumped hard and caused the fuel pump shut off to activate was it?
Nothing coming out the valve, switch in the trunk was ok, ( Im assuming because it was pressed down) couldn't hear the fuel pump but hard of hearing, wife couldn't hear it either, couldn't find a fuse for the fuel pump if it even has one. Did find a little round disk like objecty in the line that went to the schroder valve, trying to find some info on it now.- I'm sorry - Tarsus is a city in Turkey. You shouldn't be trying to start it.
Wuweee, cranked turkeys get indignant as hell... joebedford wrote:
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I'm sorry - Tarsus is a city in Turkey. You shouldn't be trying to start it.- I'm sorry - Tarsus is a city in Turkey. You shouldn't be trying to start it.
Is your '01 carb'ed or fuel-injected? - my guess is you didn't drive the car after putting in the sta-bil. been using it for years without problem.
- When you first turn the key to run position without cranking it you should hear the in tank fuel pump cycle on for x number of seconds and then shut off. There is a schrader valve on the fuel (rail or pipe) system somewhere on the engine. If you remove the cap and touch the valve stem you should get fuel. Use a rag and obviously dont get it in your eyes. It's just a crude test of seeing if any fuel is available.
From there you can install a pressure gauge on the valve and read fuel pressure. You can have good fuel pressure and not volume. At this point you basically want to see something available at the schraeder valve. The car wasn't bumped hard and caused the fuel pump shut off to activate was it? - When you added the Sta-bil did you add more fuel or drive the car so the Sta-bil mixed with the fuel?
Did you check/change the fuel filter?
Is it pumping fuel?
Something sounds gummed up.
