Seems like you should take a step off your high reindeer there maple leaf. Reindeer are caribou and polar bears live in canadia. maybe if I spoke in French you'd understand easier?
Ha! 'Dan you' I think I'll just go with that from now on. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk
I mean, water evaporates faster than gas right? I would probably just take the gas cap off and light a fire under the tank. Sit back and watch those glorious vapor fumes of steam pour out. Next? Turn on some Van Halen, flip the key, and let those 454 inches of american hard-on purrrr. Or try some HEET.
Did you start it at all during the year? As said it will take quite a bit of water to make it not run correctly or not run at all....there's no reason to drain the tank if it was inside and covered.....get some dry gas and 5 gallons of fresh gas....put the dry gas in first then add the fresh gas....that will be an electric fuel pump I believe so turn the key to the on position without starting and you will be able to hear the pump humming....when it stops do it again....do that 3 or 4 times then crank....if you still have issues you can drain the fuel rail by taking off the cap and pushing down the relief valve with a flathead or something similar (like letting out air on tire valvestems)....this will spray fuel out due to pressure so watch your eyes....start there then report....if it is indeed an electric pump and you don't hear that humming when you turn the key on....you have a pump isssue
There's about a half tank, and I think alot of water. I don't think running it through is an option. There's no telling how long it was seaping in there. And I'm raging a war on the treerats. First they raid my pear tree before I can even eat any, now they're messin with my ride Backstrap: The car was outside with a cover. As soon as the bad gas hit the injectors, it ran VERY rough, and afterwars wouldn't start at all. The gas has to go. I though about filling the tank, maybe dilluting the water enough. But if it doesn't, I would have a full tank of bad gas to deal with.
Ahhh water in the gas tank. I will never forget the day that my brother and I took moms garden hose, stuck it in dad tank, and filled his truck up with water thinking we were "helping" him fill it up.
drain if you'd like but you still want to put dry gas in it.....i would add a few fresh gallons and dry gas then run it....if it ran the dry gas should kill the water in it no problem.....it won't take long to clear the lines
I personally would drain/replace the line and drop the gas tank because you will need to get a new fuel filter and let the pump dry completely. I'd also do as what someone recommended above and run SeaFoam through it. If you do that you might as well replace the plugs AFTER you do the SeaFoam. At least that's what I would do.
If your dropping the tank on a car that's been sitting for a year you are doing way to much unnecessary work...if it was a 1937 that sat in a field for 40 years....different story....you have the type of issue a lawn mower has after sitting in the shed all winter....fuel filtwr change is a great idea but it should be inline on that not in the tank....work smart not hard is all I'm saying
Sorry, I completely misread the OP, I thought it SAT for 20 years so I was thinking water in the tank for 20 years possibly causing all sorts of rust and nasty business. Yeah, don't drop the tank, just replace the fuel pump and/or filter or try HEET. OOOOPS!!
the corvette went back to fuel injection in 1982, your car has an electronic fuel pump in the tank, just inside where the fuel goes in. The best thing to do is pump all the fuel out and as suggested, fill with fresh high octane fuel and either "HEET" (gas line anti-freeze) or SEA-Foam.And then, go drive it for an extended period. PM me and I can walk you through the process.
