Sounds like your fuel filter is plugged or the pump... you are not getting enough pressure. The injectors need pressure to work. Drop the tank ( out side and in flash air . First remove the battery cables , drop the fuel lines at the tank and disconnect the wires from the frame if the pump is in the tank. You'll need the slack, next release the fill line . Place pillows on the ground to catch the tank as it may be full. Keep your face and body clear as you release the tank . Eye protection is a must... drop the tank , if the pump is in the tank you'll have a series of bolts in a circle on top of the tank... remove them and carefully break the seal. Remove the pump and clean it or replace if burned.. To clean soak it in seafoam for a day hookup to a battery and run some through. Be careful of spray in your eyes. . Clean and rinse the tank ... use carb cleaner here but try never to breath it or get it on any rubber. Disconnect the fuel line at the filter and clean it with seafoam or replace the line and filter next check the line up to the injectors and repeat cleaning... important.. Never use carb cleaner on plastic or rubber parts . Seafoam only. Leave all to air dry . Reconnect everything from the gas tank to the injector rail once its dry.. Put gas in the tank and run pump until fuel shows but be careful as it will spray and can get into your eyes. Some guys skip this and just Reconnect but I like to make sure the fuel is flowing and there is no air lock but, it can me dangerous and messy as fuel can catch fire if there is a flame present anywhere. Regular gas can start to turn to varnish in as little as 15 days. So if your car sat for a year then it is definitely bad. High test with seafoam will last 2 years according to the info available. Your gas is definitely bad.
Gas is going into the injectors if gas is getting to them. Now you have to diagnose the injector circuit, cause they are not firing and letting gas spray out. Injectors are electrical solenoids (switches) that have a power wire to them and a ground wire from the injector to the computer where the computer grounds the injector circuit internally and causes the injector to "fire" and spray fuel out.
First make sure the injector fuse is good. There is one fuse for all the injectors, and it should be in the fuse/relay block under the hood. Auto parts stores sell a tester called a "noid light" which tests injector circuits. It is a very cheap tester and easy to use. Just disconnect one injector connector and install the noid light. Then someone must be cranking the engine over. If the circuit is good, the noid light will be blinking while engine is cranking. If not blinking, either the power wire from the fuse to the injector is not good, or the ground wire from the injector to the computer is not good. Or the circuitry inside the computer for the injectors is bad- this is seldom the case, but it can happen.
SOURCE: car won't stay started
When gasoline sits for that length of time it turns into a varnish like substance. It gets the consistancy of something like real sticky warm creamy peanut butter. (basically turns to thick sticky muck). Which plugs the pick-up screen on the fuel pump, the fuel injectors and can even plug the fuel lines. Fuel injectors are designed to "spray" the fuel into the intake in a very fine mist. I believe the reason it starts then dies is because even though the injectors are plugged they will "drip" fuel because of the pressure that fuel injection works on. The "drip" is just enough to fire the engine and then die.
What you can do to confirm that the problem is actually fuel related is, using a can of carbuerater cleaner (in a spray can) start the engine while spraying into the air intake. If the engine keeps running as long as you keep spraying, the problem IS fuel related. If the engine doesn't stay running when sprayed. Then the problem is NOT fuel related. I don't recommend using "brake clean" to do this because some brands of "brake clean" are non-flammable. I hope I wrote this so that you understand what to do. Good luck.
SOURCE: gas pouring from tailpipe
Make sure you use OEM Injectors. The white smoke might come at a 3.5 from a bad gasket bewteen the intake manifold and the throttle boy or if you have the 3.8 from bad gaskets between the intake manifold and the engine.
SOURCE: my 1991 isuzu rodeo is
Double check that you are getting fuel from the fuel pump to the injectors.
SOURCE: I have a 2001 Chevy
you have an electrical problem . check fuel circuit fuses, relays and sensors
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