Q: Put a can of i believe bad fuel in gas tank it started like always after bogged out and died and hasnt started since

asked by on December 09, 2017

I have a 2000 Toyota Camry that I put a can of gas and I believe was bad it started up afterwards ran for about 3 miles bogged out and died and hasn't started since the things I've done to the vehicle I'm not very smart with fixing cars my friends have been helping me but one friend cut the fuel filter off because it was so rusted said that he could take the hard line and connected into the rubber line and clamp it down and be fine without a filter which I'm not sure if that's possible we also took the fuel pump out of the tank which is just under the back seat we cleaned out the filter sock on that and got the sediments out also we took the motor out of the fuel pump hooked it up on the battery to make sure it ran which it does and the line were he cut the fuel filter off and clamped down I can smell gas from there and I felt a little bit come out so it's getting to at least that point and initially when it all happened I did put an additive in the tank called heet before all else

My car has 173000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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