Fuel not getting from fuel tank to carb

Hello Gary William Hill Sr.,

Water in the fuel is really more common than you'd imagine... in reasonable quantities is no problem that cant be easily handled.

Amazon, Costco or your friendly Chevron Station... (below)

Any alcohol based (most of them) fuel additive will absorb minimal amounts of water... and pass quite harmlessly through (MOST) fuel systems

(all MY caution is about 25+ vintage vehicles).

The alcohol "absorbs" the water... Running gas with methanol should also accomplish the deed for you... assuming you have a MODERN METHANOL capable fuel system.

If it is an OLDER CAR (vintage)... been sitting around... avoid the
MODERN METHANOL stunt... bad idea...
(eats old style fuel lines... among other things).

But all winter (above water) should NOT pose any major issues.
If you want to be super careful shoot a little penetrating oil into your SPARK-PLUG holes before turning on that ignition.

Purists...
The fool-proof way is to drain the bottom of the tank (preferably) before any corrosion starts (routine preflight fuel check).

Hope this helps... Work/Drive safely.

I would check for heat damaged fuel pump connectors and also replace the fuel pump relay.

check that small black module under the distributor cap, these are heat sensitive and will quit working if too hot or quit working altogether.

Diesel should not hurt your car as long as you did not put to much in your tank. I would recommend that you buy a good bottle of octane booster dump it in your tank then fill it up with a high octane full like 91 octane. That should make up for the difference. Your car may smoke a little bit until all of the diesel is out of your system but it should be fine after that. I hope this helps and if you have any other questions please feel free to ask.

This truck is fuel injected, the problem sounds like a weak fuelpump, it runs when you pour gas into it until that gas runs out, the first thing is to test the fuel preasure, if the pump is weak it may run with gas poured into it but wont idle, also a common problem is the coolant temp sensor and the ground wires to thermostat housing bolt but i wont bet its the pump inside the fuel tank, if you put a fuel gauge on it there should be at least 55-61 psi if its a few pounds lower it can cause problems, you have everything else and it runs with gas poured so its a fuel problem check the preasure, theres a valve up top on the fuel line to connect a fuel gauge to it, start there hope this is helpful.

If your fuel pump is shot, it wouldn't matter if it was getting 24 volts, but, Unless you have a capacitor or a voltage thing in the line, it should be 12 volts, the breaker could cut the voltage, But I would suspect the fuel pump to be the culprit. If you say the car started when you poured in the gas. You can access the pump in a few places, I don't know where they stuck yours, but it could be on the frame, in the rear, or in the tank, access through the trunk floor, or drop the tank. An aftermarket electric pump could be used if you wanted to. Hope this helps.

It should be under the car, back by the gas tank

Hi, The carb is gummed up from sitting. The best solution is to take it apart and clean it. The starter fluid indicates that it has clogged jets or stuck floats. The good news is that if it cranks with the starter fluid everything else is probably OK. Good Luck!

Try to see if you are getting fuel up to the carb by pulling of the hard line and have someone crank the car hold line away from yourself and into a bowl or cup. The fuel filter is inside the carb i belive (if its a quadrajunk) also check that. If it is fuel injected check fuel filter should be back under the car near tank discenct and see if you are getting fuel.

If it has an electric fuel pump in the tank then the rollover switch may have been activated. The reset should be in the trunk.