Gas...How long is to long?
06-17-2006, 11:52 AM
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Gas...How long is to long? Car has been sitting for half a year...started and ran a few times but for only 30 seconds total.
Is the gas bad? should I suck the gas out or just leave it alone?
Is the gas bad? should I suck the gas out or just leave it alone?
06-17-2006, 11:55 AM
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Na, 6 months should be fine. Any more than that I'd say you would want to put some fuel stabilizer in before storing it but 6 months should be OK. If it is not full it might be wise to go fill it up but I have left cars sit that long and never had an issue with the gas.
06-17-2006, 01:01 PM
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The octane cooks off over time so after six months you're running some very low grade gas. You will feel the lack of power, and you should probably be easy on the throttle until you get a fresh tank in it. Fuel does start to eat things like fuel lines after a month or so. But I've never seen anything fail on a car that was less than twenty years old, and I've had plenty of cars sit for months at a time without issue.
06-17-2006, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 00pewterWS6TA
^ this guy has me rollin every time.
I actually became a siphoning EXPERT during hurrican rita. We stayed at our lake house and actually lost power BEFORE the storm.
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06-17-2006, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBlurLS1
Hotwire the fuel pump, disconnect the line at the filter, and let it pump all that **** out of there. Sure you could siphon it, but this way is more manley. 
06-17-2006, 06:25 PM
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Hey, I'm assuming you put my motor in the car, and if so, and its starting and dying really quickly thats what it did before I had it tuned. It did that until it warmed up, I had to keep my foot on the gas a little to keep it running then after it got warm it would idle, albeit roughly. I had it tuned and afterwards it would start and run very easily, no problems.
06-18-2006, 01:18 AM
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Originally Posted by TS6
Hey, I'm assuming you put my motor in the car, and if so, and its starting and dying really quickly thats what it did before I had it tuned. It did that until it warmed up, I had to keep my foot on the gas a little to keep it running then after it got warm it would idle, albeit roughly. I had it tuned and afterwards it would start and run very easily, no problems.
06-18-2006, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by TheBlurLS1
Oh schnap! Didn't realize it was you! What ever happened with the motor situation? Get a new thumper? Somehow "sue the blue paper towel company" and get 50k? Whats the dealio?
I bought TS6's engine. He was going 408. Its got stage 2 heads and a pretty decent sized cam, just need to start it up first haha.
06-18-2006, 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by orangeapeel
Go ahead and drain it Kory...You have already thrown money at everything else. 
Just kidding. You should be fine.
Just kidding. You should be fine.
06-18-2006, 01:25 AM
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Can I add this to the ever growing list of **** that has gone wrong for me?
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iii-internal-engine/527259-permission-go-nuts.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iii-internal-engine/527259-permission-go-nuts.html
