Originally Posted By: gfh77665
Originally Posted By: BobandWeave
a) go to the gas station with a jerry can and fill the tank with 5 gals of fresh gas before attempting to start it and drive over and immediately fill it
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Add a good PEA cleaner like Techron or Gumout Regane to the 5 gallons. If you can get the car to fire and run, the new, highly concentrated cleaner treated gas will quickly fill the system. Drive around a bit to flush most of the 5 gallons through. You will be OK if you accomplish this.
Then, run another full tank of "Top Teir" gas, with 2X the concentration of the same cleaner.
Good luck and welcome.
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Gas doesn't get "Stale", but the additives can gum up over time and turn the gas into a semi solid goo.
You want to add as much fresh gas BEFORE starting to dilute whatever is going on in there and then fill it up and add a quality fuel line cleaner like Red Line and change the fuel filter when you get home, and then again after the first tank or two. You'll also want to change the plugs.
Gas is Ok thru the winter, but anything longer add Sta-Bil.