1990 740 turbo won't start

sheera40 · Post by **sheera40** » 03 May 2009, 15:20

The alternater belt broke 18 months ago. I parked the car and drove my other. Repaired belt, tank was almost empty when parked, added 5 gallons of fresh gas. turns over but won't start. I don't know what to do next. advice please!

Patrick

Post by **vegasjetskier** » 03 May 2009, 15:26

My guess is the old gas has turned bad. You should drain it all out and add fresh with some fuel injector cleaner. I'm not sure how to drain the fuel lines/rail to get all the old gas out. Is there a Schraeder fitting on the fuel rail you can use?

Any time you store a car that long you should add Stabil to the gas.

Howling · Post by **Howling** » 27 Dec 2009, 13:18

I was having problems with not getting enough fuel to my injectors so I cleaned out as much as possible by unhooking the fuel line spraying in close to a full can of throttle body cleaner, let it sit for a bout 10 minuets, reattach the fuel line and started up the car. It took a few times to start but it never ran better.