[jensend]

So, due to a litany of odd circumstances, the "ethanol enhanced" gas in my '02 Z-28 has sat long enough to "spoil". Other than removing the tank or using the fuel pump to pump out the gas though a fuel line, does anyone have any trick to deal effectively with this old gas? I have to deal with this before I'm able to do other necessary repairs and prep the car for the season. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

[mr.beachcomber]

Without dropping the tank, I would recommend running running the fuel pump to drain the tank's contents. Use fresh gas with a fuel system cleaner like Techron and run the engine until you use a quarter tank of fuel. Change the external fuel filter and then fill the tank with a blend of gas and Sta-Bil (if you aren't going to burn a full tank of fuel in 30 days). Additionally, I would change the external gas filter after the first 5K miles as a precaution.

After replacing two carburetors on the lawn mower in three years, I never leave any "ethanol-enhanced" fuel in the gas tank without adding Sta-Bil storage. Had my share of problems with E10 with my earlier Corvettes too. So now they all get Sta-Bil during a fill up.

Hope this helps!