My car will not start and fuel gauge is stuck on empty

Tiny
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Ok I will I'm in process of gathering stuff to siphon the fuel
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Thursday, February 25th, 2021 AT 4:13 PM
Tiny
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Using pump in tank and a 3/8 fuel hose attatched to fuel line disconnected at fuel filter under the hood on drivers side I started pumping out old fuel and it looks and smells old
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Thursday, February 25th, 2021 AT 4:13 PM
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KEN L
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O man, that looks terrible. Flush as much as you can and fill it with new.

Please let us know.

Cheers, Ken
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Thursday, February 25th, 2021 AT 4:13 PM
Tiny
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I flushed all the fuel out with pump running and a hose connected to the inlet line on filter under the hood. I put 3 gallons fresh fuel and with a little spritz of starting fluid the engine started and stayed running. It definitly was a bad fuel pump along with very old gasoline. Car starts and runs good. I will keep running engine and putting fresh fuel and also change fuel filter again. Once I get tank as clean as I can by doing that I will get a new pump and sending unit assembly.
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Thursday, February 25th, 2021 AT 4:13 PM
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Sounds like a good plan. Glad you got the problem worked out.
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