Thread: won't start after 4 months in storage

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why new fuel?

fuel decomposes..... 4 months old is gonna be bad... gas in the old days lasted longer but with all the newer additives, fuel is only good for about 3 months tops(a tank of gas only lasts a person a week ussually anyways)... if you want to store a car and keep the fuel in it for when you drive it again, you can put fuel stabilizer in the tank which will give you a little longer time before it breaks down...

if you smell your gas right now, you'll notice it smells just a little different

thesals says exactly what I was thinking. At the marina where I work the biggest thing we do anymore is clean carbs on boats that have been sitting as little as 2 months. Gas turns to varnish real quick, especially in the warm months and plugs up the jets in the carbs.

Simple test, remove the air cleaner and look down inside while you pump the throttle, you should see a couple of strong streams of gas being pumped into the throat of the carb. If you do, and it is getting spark, it should fire.

If it ran when you parked it, and you changed nothing, only two things can create this problem...........loss of fuel supply, or loss of spark. Get a can of starting fluid and spray some into the carb and see if it kicks with that. If that doesn't work, start looking electrical.

There is always the possibility something goofy happened, but these are the two most common things to look at.


Don