i had a customer come in with the engine locked up wouldent run it had a least a few big bags of sugar in the tank . but on your truck sounds like a problem i have had before try blowing air threw line in the fuel tank sounds like the sock might be pluged
Back in the 60's we had a 21st birthday at a mate's place, and some wanker on his way to a nearby flash restaurant parked his fancy new Fairlane right across our driveway. The gas filler was on the kerb side, and had no locking cap on it... By the time he and his tart had enjoyed their evening meal, he had a 'full' gas tank, courtesy of my beer-swilling Aussie mates. I wouldn't have liked to be the sucker that had to drain it! Cheers, Glen.
Bad gas i have seen stale gas that caused the exhaust valves to freeze to the guides and bend the pushrods OldWolf
Waffle syrup in the oil with crystallize when it gets to operating temperature. Then fireworks of a different nature appear.
If anyone had put anything in the tank it would run fine untill the fuel bowl and lines were emptied of untainted gas, then start to run crappy. I'd guess ignition issues.
Check the filter and if possible, drain the tank. I got some bad gas once and it took 3 filters and some heet to flush the crap, water, etc out. If you get gas when the storage tanks are low, you get screwed.
Hmmm, I hadn't heard that one. Never done it, but I've been told that grinding paste in the diff oil works a treat
I didn't believe the sugar deal either until I had to fix a Ford EFI. Every injector had clear grains caught in the screen. Figured it must have diluted, travelled up the lines then cooked out when shut off. There was ~10 pounds in the tank. Ugly fix... BTW, I agree that bad running on start-up is NOT fuel, it's ignition or something else. You can drive a couple hundred feet on just the fuel in the bowl, depending on how much you wiggle the throttle. Had to get too many cars into the shop with no pump or tank.....
lol..its a dam good thing i removed what i typed..because it would have proved your point thanks Dave,..im still laughing at that
I would agree with 49Anglia for the sugar would have to be drawn through the system to the carb before it would run poorly. But it still could be existing dirt in the fuel bowl that became dislodged and plugged a fuel passage. For tricks in fuel systems, try french fries in a diesel tank, they don't disolve but will plug the pickup then flow back out of the line when the engine shuts down. Paybacks are a bitch.
My relative had an newer Aspen back in the day. Trouble with it running properly. Would run good with a full tank then problems as the tank emptied. Lots of $$$ spent trying to figure ity out. Finally they took the tank off and they found a plastic bread bag floating around in there. Wasn't me!
My mother was broke and wanted to drive but the VW rabbit was real low on gas. So she takes all the booze she can get her hands on from the trailer park neighbors. She pours it into the tank and goes for a ride. Doesnt get to far cause all the sugar in the booze gets hard than clogs the fuel filter in the in tank. So the good son has to pull the fuel tank in the winter in the trailer park. Drained tank, and car ran great. The best thing to throw into a fuel tank is nonfiltered cigarettes. The paper dissolves and the tobacco floats all over the pickup screen and clogs everything. In a diesel fuel tank, waxed paper works terrific because you can't see it as it floats around the pickup tube. When you look into the tank with a flashlight the light goes right through the wax paper. These are all problems I have repaired over the years. These are all true stories. Would I lie to you? It goes along with my theory that everybody hates me. Ron
Yea, you lied if she got all the booze from a trailer park she could have filled a Kenworth, or it was a real small trailer park. Sorry but I wasn't the only one thinking it. The other Ron
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