Got something going on with El Camino

[HAFROD]

Today I drove to town to get some tires fixed. I noticed I was almost out of gas. I got gas at Murphys USA at Walmart. All they had was ethanol 87 so I put in a few gallons. I always get my fuel at QT and they have a separate pump that's ethanol free. So I get about 2 miles away and it stumbles but clears back up. I get about 1/4 mile further and it died. It would not re start. I pulled the air cleaner and hit the butterfly. It was shooting fuel. I called my dad and he came to get me. I went back with a coil and module and swapped them. It started right up and I drove the 4 miles home. About 30 minutes later I started it and pulled around my house to unload the tires. While I'm unloading them it dies. It acted like someone shut it off. It did not run rough or stumble. It just died. I reached through the window opening and started it. It fired right back up and idled. I pulled it back around front and unhooked the fuel line to the pump. I hooked up an external fuel pump and pumped all the gas into two 5 gallon gas cans. It filled one and about another gallon into the other. I started the car and held it about 2200 RPMs for a minute until it ran the carb dry. I'm thinking bad gas but I've never had bad gas so don't know the effects. I don't see any water droplets in the gas jugs but figure by morning it should separate. Anyone got any ideas? The HEI is about 7-8 months old but swapped out the coil and module from another new dizzy I had here thinking that fixed it. While it was idling, I wiggled on the ignition tumbler but it did nothing. I'm open for suggestions

 

[HAFROD]

I just went out and shook the heck out of one gas jug and poured some into a glass jar. I don't see any cloudiness or anything. It looks clear other than the yellowy color gas is. I did notice it does not smell very strong. Still not sure this is my issue

 

[TURNA]

Did you change the coil and try to start it? Or did you change the coil and module and start it?

I like to change one part at a time to narrow down the issue.

Either way i would put the old coil module back in and see what happens.

Make sure that was in fact the issue.

Did you try to start it when your dad came or did you have it half apart already?

Just trying to rule out vapor lock

 

[Texas82GP]

While reading your post, I was thinking it was a bad module but the stalling at your house has me second guessing that diagnosis. What are you going to do with that fuel? Put it back in? Use it for the lawn mower?

 

[HAFROD]

Since I swapped out the module and coil and then it stalled again, I'm ruling them out as the faults.

 

[TURNA]

have u checked your filter?

 

[pontiacgp]

take a look at the wires for the pick up coil

 

[HAFROD]

I am curious to know that if you encounter vapor lock, would the carb shoot fuel when I hit the throttle? I hit the throttle with my hand at the linkage 4 times looking in the carb and it shot fuel heavily every hit. This was when it was dead on the highway yesterday.

 

[TURNA]

no u r correct it shouldn't

 

[pontiacgp]

when you put the module in did you use some thermal grease on it to prevent it from overheating?