AlexDisco
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One of the biggest bonehead moves of my life:
I drove home last week and the Disco was working great as usual. I felt tired and not in one of my best moods so when low fuel light came on; I decided to think using my behind instead of my brain. To make the story short, I started counting miles and got home with 20 miles on the odometer of mixed driving. I parked on the street, another brilliant move and went to sleep. That night was the coldest night yet in Minnesota and temperatures plummeted to -15F. You can guess how the rest of the story reads. Yes, my beloved Disco did not start. The starter turned over but no combustion. I put 7 GAL of premium gas in along with fuel stabilizer and waited for 6 days until the temps. were favorable (28F today) and still no start. Starter turning but no ignition. My fear is, fuel frezzing at some point.
1995 Disco I 150K runs beautifully gets 15mpg (after seafoam) My battery is fully charged, spark plugs (Champions), wires and distributor cap/rotor all less than 2 months old. Amsoil oil. No prior no start. Changed cracked vacuum advance line from the distributor to intake to throttle.
Please help me diagnose this. Next 2 days are going to be warm and than we go to deep freeze again on Tuesday.
Thanks.
I drove home last week and the Disco was working great as usual. I felt tired and not in one of my best moods so when low fuel light came on; I decided to think using my behind instead of my brain. To make the story short, I started counting miles and got home with 20 miles on the odometer of mixed driving. I parked on the street, another brilliant move and went to sleep. That night was the coldest night yet in Minnesota and temperatures plummeted to -15F. You can guess how the rest of the story reads. Yes, my beloved Disco did not start. The starter turned over but no combustion. I put 7 GAL of premium gas in along with fuel stabilizer and waited for 6 days until the temps. were favorable (28F today) and still no start. Starter turning but no ignition. My fear is, fuel frezzing at some point.
1995 Disco I 150K runs beautifully gets 15mpg (after seafoam) My battery is fully charged, spark plugs (Champions), wires and distributor cap/rotor all less than 2 months old. Amsoil oil. No prior no start. Changed cracked vacuum advance line from the distributor to intake to throttle.
Please help me diagnose this. Next 2 days are going to be warm and than we go to deep freeze again on Tuesday.
Thanks.
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