2000StreetRod
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I went back and read your 10 Jan 09 thread. It sounds like nothing has changed since then except that your gas is almost a year old. If your vehicle has not run since then you probably need to drain your fuel tank, change your fuel filter and add fresh fuel and fuel injector cleaner to the tank. Then remove the Schrader valve from the test port, connect a drain hose to it and place the other end of the hose in a container. Turn the ignition On and Off until a pint of gasoline is in the container to get all of the old fuel out of the lines. You'll still have old fuel in the fuel rail and the injectors so you'll probably have to prime it with starter fluid to start. That will get you back to where you were in January.
You said that you had spark but I'm not convinced. I suggest that you buy an In-line Ignition Spark Checker (less than $10 from Harbor Freight Tools) and test the spark at each plug. If you have spark at each plug then replace all of the plugs. When you pull the plugs keep track of where each plug came from and look for abnormal wear such as fouling.
Then try and start the engine using starter fluid.
I went back and read your 10 Jan 09 thread. It sounds like nothing has changed since then except that your gas is almost a year old. If your vehicle has not run since then you probably need to drain your fuel tank, change your fuel filter and add fresh fuel and fuel injector cleaner to the tank. Then remove the Schrader valve from the test port, connect a drain hose to it and place the other end of the hose in a container. Turn the ignition On and Off until a pint of gasoline is in the container to get all of the old fuel out of the lines. You'll still have old fuel in the fuel rail and the injectors so you'll probably have to prime it with starter fluid to start. That will get you back to where you were in January.
You said that you had spark but I'm not convinced. I suggest that you buy an In-line Ignition Spark Checker (less than $10 from Harbor Freight Tools) and test the spark at each plug. If you have spark at each plug then replace all of the plugs. When you pull the plugs keep track of where each plug came from and look for abnormal wear such as fouling.
Then try and start the engine using starter fluid.