I pulled #1 A plug. it looked perfect. put compression tester in. ran cranking
cycle (again, no start) 180 psi.

so, i have compression, gas and fire. (didnt use a noid light yet). figured
its got to be the gas.

drained the tank dry, using a piece of #14 stranded between + batt term
and right side of fuel pump fuse socket, with fuel pump relay and fuse removed.
I use ac gauges to measure fuel pressure and it was easy to open the
valves and dump fuel in 5 gall gas cans. dumped the bad gas, for now,
into my 100 gal boat gas tank.

went across the street, to a different gas station, put 5 gall of fresh gas
in her.

IT STARTED! ran very rough, but started. put the big bottle of chevron
fuel system cleaner in tank, after re-draining, then poured 10 gal. of fresh
gas on top to mix. ran a little better, good enough to get to work. let it
sit overnight.

check wallet light comes on with various cryptic cylinder misfire codes.
just like the ones i see when MAF fails. switched out the MAF with a spare.
she coughed and sputtered a bit on my commute, then suddenly,
smooth as silk. topped her off with fresh tank of premium. clearing
MILs with code scanner, will see whats next..I doubt the original MAF is
bad....only about 50k miles on it.

thanks all for advice. its a long ways to the nearest dealer.

NOID lights.......hmmm....prob. should replace fuel filter, but have good
solid 50 psi on the fuel rail..

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dan