65 fueling issue?

[65ragTop]

Ok here's the deal, I have a 65 that pretty much just sits in my garage which I start and let it run or even drive a few times a year. Last year I had to replace the fuel pump because the car wouldn't start and that solved my problem. Well the car hasn't been started for about 4 months and now it won't start, I took the fuel line off of the carb and cranked the motor no fuel came out. I tried pouring fuel into the carb and the car will run for a few seconds but won't keep running so at least I know that there is spark, just no fuel.

My question is: Can the fuel pump go bad from the car just sitting too long w/o being started or is there something else that would prevent fuel from getting to the carb? I checked the fuel lines near the pump for pinches but everything looks fine.

 

[65ragTop]

Well it turns out that it was the fuel pump, I'm not sure why it was bad, it was less than two years old. I replaced it with a NAPA one and it appears to be much better quality than the one that I had on there but it was a little pricey.

 

[65ragTop]

Can fuel pumps go bad from just sitting too long w/o the car being started?

 

[rob289c]

That's abnormally soon for failure. The diaphragm must have been defective from the manufacturing process. It's possible it was a result of one of the new gasoline blends (ethanol) that prematurely destroyed the diphragm.

 

[65ragTop]

Thanks, I'm not sure if California uses ethanol or not in out "winter gas" like other states. Could bad gas (old gas that has been sitting too long) cause a fuel pump failure?

 

[j69302]

I think California was the first to use ethanol in the gas. they have stickers on the pumps saying up to 10% is ethanol.

 

[65ragTop]

I think California was the first to use ethanol in the gas. they have stickers on the pumps saying up to 10% is ethanol.

You are right, my bad... So I guess that Cali has crappy gas all year round where other states only have it for a few months out of the year.