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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Cars / February 2007Car will not start, is the gas line frozen??
98 Dodge Stratus: My car has not started since Sunday. I have been hearing a lot about the gas lien freezign if there isn't at least a half a tank or more of gas in it. I definitely have less than a half a tank of gas. Is this the reason my car is not starting. My car has done this before, I mean wouldn't start when it was extremely cold outside. It happened a couple of years ago, but after it a couple od days and a little warmer weather it started up again. Do you have any idea what's wrong with my car? > 98 Dodge Stratus: My car has not started since Sunday. I have been hearing a > lot about the gas lien freezign if there isn't at least a half a tank or more [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > but after it a couple od days and a little warmer weather it started up again. > Do you have any idea what's wrong with my car? Gas won't freeze but water in the line might. >> 98 Dodge Stratus: My car has not started since Sunday. I have been hearing a >> lot about the gas lien freezign if there isn't at least a half a tank or more [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Gas won't freeze but water in the line might. If it cranks over well but won't fire, frozen gasline is a DISTINCT possibility. Get a bottle of Isopropyl or ethanol based fuel line drier/antifreeze and dose the tank with it. Let sit for a couple hours and try for about 15 seconds. Then leave a few more hours and try again. Takes a bit of time to work it's way though an injection system.  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > If it cranks over well but won't fire, frozen gasline is a DISTINCT > possibility. The freezing point for gasoline is -50F or lower. >> If it cranks over well but won't fire, frozen gasline is a DISTINCT >> possibility. > >The freezing point for gasoline is -50F or lower. ... and the freezing point for the water in the gas tank, present as a consequence of condensation in both the car gas tank and the fuel station storage tank, is +32F. It doesn't take much solidified H2O to completely obstruct a fuel line, given the diameter of such is approximately 3/32 to 1/8 inch. SignatureRay Sirois SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS http://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6080 telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6023 >98 Dodge Stratus: My car has not started since Sunday. I have been hearing a >lot about the gas lien freezign if there isn't at least a half a tank or more [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >but after it a couple od days and a little warmer weather it started up again. >Do you have any idea what's wrong with my car? Offhand, I'd say the problem was operator error. SignatureRay Sirois SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS http://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6080 telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6023 |
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