gas tank
vectorspecialist
11-14-2008, 03:06 PM
so my car as most know hasn't been driven since the middle of last december, and i was on my way to easton when the 944 axel fell(which set me back some green) off to make an appointement as GZP.
i went to start the car yesterday after letting a battery tender charge it for the last week or so. it started but puffed grey smoke out the pipes, and it smelt.
how can i personally drain the gas tank of the fuel that's been in there since may?
i went to start the car yesterday after letting a battery tender charge it for the last week or so. it started but puffed grey smoke out the pipes, and it smelt.
how can i personally drain the gas tank of the fuel that's been in there since may?
Stealthee
11-14-2008, 06:31 PM
Only sitting since May that gas is fine. My car sat for a year with a full tank and when I put it back on the road ran fine on that tank. May - Nov is only 6 months. Its fine.
The puff of grey smoke is just from it sitting.
The puff of grey smoke is just from it sitting.
vectorspecialist
11-14-2008, 11:29 PM
it's not been near a full tank, somewhere around 3 dashes on the dash.
one severe issue is none of the stations near me have 93(89 is our +, which is also non existant) so i can't fill the tank up.
i did forget to mention, that after starting the car would stall. now with the lil gas i have i could assume that it's just not getting enough. but it's showing the same other symtoms that occured when the ecu went last year: start, boost goes up/smoke, stall, won't start again.
and yey stealthee...you know your months of the year
one severe issue is none of the stations near me have 93(89 is our +, which is also non existant) so i can't fill the tank up.
i did forget to mention, that after starting the car would stall. now with the lil gas i have i could assume that it's just not getting enough. but it's showing the same other symtoms that occured when the ecu went last year: start, boost goes up/smoke, stall, won't start again.
and yey stealthee...you know your months of the year
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