1999 mercury villager wont start after sitting up for year why is that new battery

1999 MERCURY VILLAGER
150,000 MILES
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LAZARUSDRUMMA
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it cranked right up and ran couple of minutes then died . now it turns over and will crank every so often and idle up to 1000 on tach and die again what would be causing this . please help if you can ,cant afford alot to fix with christmas coming trying to get in running for my disabled mom .
Dec 12, 2011 at 10:29 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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When it was sitting for a year did it have gas in it?Also are you trying to start the engine on this old gas?
Dec 12, 2011 at 10:31 PM
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LAZARUSDRUMMA
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yes it did and yes i am trying to start it on that gas that was in it
Dec 12, 2011 at 10:37 PM
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LAZARUSDRUMMA
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yes it did have fuel in not much and been trying it with that full just had three bars in in
Dec 12, 2011 at 10:38 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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Theres part of your problem you cant let fuel sit in a car for over a year and expect it start up no problem.The first thing i would do is get all that fuel out of the tank theres probably water in there plus all the old fuel.
Dec 12, 2011 at 10:46 PM
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