Sitting for long period of time. New fuel pumps installed. Hard to start but will run for a short period of time then shuts down

Asked by Bill2462 Sep 29, 2016 at 05:59 PM about the 1988 Mercedes-Benz 560-Class 560SL Convertible

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if it has been sitting, the gas left in the tank has turned into a form of gummy varnish- it probably has gotten into your entire fuel system now- I hate that ethanol-

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