Frozen gas lines?

[dumbo]

I think the quality of gasoline helps too. Personally in my 1.5L turdcell haven't had a problem starting. Even at -40C/-40F!!! She turns over damn slow but fires no problem, powersteering pump crys...Thats not plugged in. Rotella T, 0W-40 Full sythetic.
Good battery helps, and a full tank of gas.


Diesels are a different story...*cough*Ford*cough*

 

[jdub]

^^^ a thinner weight oil for winter use would help

 

[IJ.]

1. Fuel pump doesn't go to the bottom of our tanks
2. Fuel lines run out the top of our tanks
3. With a frozen fuel line no fuel will cycle threw the system so no amount of additive will make it to said blockage unless added prior to freezing (another case of "blame it on whatever")...
4. If it had enough water in the fuel line too collect enough to cause a blockage in the line then his car wouldn't have ran for shit prior...(keep in mind that the only water that will freeze in the fuel line is the water that is already in said fuel line...not all the water in the whole fuel system and givin that car ran prior then obviously fuel did cycle threw it and run)
5. I absolutely do not believe your bronco fuel lines froze...so unless you honestly checked to see if you had fuel flow then I call bull on that...

Correction: Of course the pump goes to the bottom of the tank...well damn close :nono:

 

[ogre]

yeah im pretty sure gas doesn't freeze very easily.

I was about to take a bronco to the metal yard for scrap and they require you remove the fuel tank , when I did it had a full tank of gas so why not use it , the bronco had sat for 7 years at least , my little lancer siped the gas right up with no problem , so that kind of debunks the whole thing about gas going bad.

Your problem could be with a hole in a fuel line, a seized fuel pump , a clogged fuel filter , take the fuel line loose at the fuel rail and sit it in a bowl try to start the car it should spray fuel out with some force , if it doesnt you have a fueling issue.

Pull one of your sprak plugs out, shove it in the spark plug boot , holding the boot touch it to the body / good ground , turn over the car and watch for spark..

 

[IJ.]

Fuel DOES go "bad", not bad that it won't work but bad in the sense they often mix low octane base stock with very volatile additives and it's these that evaporate first leaving you with low octane knock juice.

I often have fuel sit in a car for a year and don't have any issues using it but I do keep in mind to never boost hard on it.