460 Ford engine stalls when put in gear

Geocritter wrote:

Bird Freak wrote:
You can add all the additives and cleaners you want. Drain the tank and put fresh gas in it. I deal with this a lot in my business.

You might be right but I hope not. What can I do with 50 gallons of old gas in the tank and only 5 days away from the start of my journey. What I should've done was syphon my gas 5 gallons at a time and burned it in my car (augmented by 15 gallons of fresh gas in my 20 gallon tank). Why is hindsight always 20/20?

Steve

Don't waste your time draining it. What happens is you get varnish build up in key area's. the SeaFoam will dissolve them, when the tank gets to half then fill her up with some good stuff (i.e. Chevron with cleaner already)

My old 460 that I bought sat for about 5 years in a heated garage prior to me buying it. That engine didn't "break free" until I got to Mobile, AL from MN. All of a sudden I could feel the power returning.

I try not to sweat the small stuff, so here it goes. If you did what you did how could anything "major" have broken? Now yes a vacuum hose may have dried out and has a cracked end, a critter may have chewed a wire, or something may have corroded shut. The last being the worst case, but you starting the engine and letting the oil circulate I doubt if that happened.

More then likely it's varnish in the fuel system causing the engine to run funky. Now with ethanol in gas, the life span is about 2-3 months prior to it breaking down. Over do the Seafoam, wait 24 hours, then drive the beast for 5 to 10 miles. At that point you should have a good feel if it's simply the gas, or more major.

Don't sweat the small stuff, and everything is small. Good luck.