03-27-2010, 05:27 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Melbourne,
VIC
Cobra Make, Engine: DRB,Ford Tickford 302 220kw with BTR 4 speed auto, 3.9:1 LSD
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How bad is stale fuel?
I finally got my car back together and I was about to say that it is completed. Only took me 7 years 
But....the bugger wouldnt start. I had my auto electrician come out and I had a loose wire which he fixed up but it still would not start which he said was due to stale fuel. Same fuel in the tank for about 3 years. (he was able to start the car by squirting some carby cleaner through a vacume line).
Anyway, he suggested replacing the fuel and the spark plugs. I have just finished doing this and it still does not start.
My question is, how bad is stale fuel. I pumped the fuel out and then put about 20 litres of fresh fuel in. I then cleared the lines by running the fuel pump and collectind the fuel near the fuel rail. There might have been a litre or 2 of stale fuel still in the tank, would 2 litres of stale fuel mixed with 20 litres of fresh fuel be enough to stop it starting? Do I have to drop the tank 
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