Injectors - clean or replace / anyone have a set?

[David Pertuz]

Thanks for that - I wouldn't have thought of it!

David

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 6:57 PM, Bill Conner <annapolis13315 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Before you remove the fuel tank cover under the back seat, make sure to
> get a new O-ring to seal the cover.  It's impossible to re-use the old
> one.  It really is.
>
> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Jim Wright <06specv at themailshack.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, pump is under the back seat.  Mark the two hoses and connectors with
>> a paint pen to keep them straight.
>>
>> My old pump was shot, that would have been the easiest way to drain down
>> to the sludge.  I tried a siphon hose from Hatnor Freight that had a
>> squeeze bulb going straight to the opening where the pump was,  didn't work
>> well, kept getting clogged with sludge.  Garden hose and one of those spin
>> pumps ended up doing what I needed before finally dropping the tank.
>>
>> I ran two batches of hot water and mutation acid through, still left a
>> bunch of sludge and residue I didn't want to deal with.
>>
>> Aftermarket tanks may not mount the fuel pump the same way, I tried two
>> different models from Spectra and wasn't happy with either.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 4, 2016, at 2:55 PM, David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Is the pump accessed from a panel under the back seat? That is what I
>> seem to remember, but it has been a long time. And I am at work and the FSM
>> is with the car in the garage.
>>
>> What in y'all's experience is the cleanest and easiest way to drain the
>> tank? Short the pump to run it and drain the output straight into a
>> container with a hose?
>>
>> I'm not going to drop and boil the tank unless I have to, but if I do,
>> it's just one more thing.
>>
>> But all of this may have to wait another weekend so that I can get spring
>> maintenance done on the 911 :)
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Jim Wright <06specv at themailshack.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You may also be looking at a new fuel pump and fuel tank.  Pull the pump
>>> and see how badly it has rusted, and see what kind of sludge you have on
>>> the bottom of the tank.
>>>
>>> I drained a 15 year old tank and it was hopelessly sludged.  I bought a
>>> new one rather than paying about the same to have the old one cleaned.  In
>>> hindsight, I should have pic to have the old one cleaned.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On May 4, 2016, at 1:52 PM, David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah, I thought of that last weekend. Not sure why I didn't think of it
>>> earlier. Replacing the fuel filter was on my to-do list and I should have
>>> had the shop replace the filter and drain the gas while they had the car
>>> for the exhaust work! Duh.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Matt McCrary <mattmccrary at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> if you haven't done so yet, I would also recommend getting a new fuel
>>>> filter and draining the tank of the 8 year old fuel, unless you've already
>>>> burned through it.
>>>> On Apr 5, 2016 1:13 PM, "Fancher, Jim" <Jim.Fancher at mcfa.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Nice price!!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* se-r [mailto:se-r-bounces+jim.fancher=mcfa.com at se-r-list.org] *On
>>>>> Behalf Of *UtilityCow
>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 05, 2016 12:41 PM
>>>>> *To:* David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com>
>>>>> *Cc:* se-r list <se-r at se-r-list.org>
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: Injectors - clean or replace / anyone have a set?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> theboostlab.com is who I use locally. $20 each with flow charts and
>>>>> new o rings. One day turn around. I didn't even consider a DIY solution.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 5, 2016 1:27 PM, "David Pertuz" <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > My car is running badly because of the injectors. I'm guessing that
>>>>> this was caused by bad gas - the car had half a tank or so of 8-year-old
>>>>> gas in it, to which I added a couple of gallons of new gas.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > My memory is not very good about the injectors. I do know that these
>>>>> injectors do not like off-the-shelf injector cleaner. I seem to recall that
>>>>> people would send them off to be ultrasonically cleaned.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Can these be cleaned, and how?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > And, if not, anyone got a set of stock injectors they don't need?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I feel like my knowledge of my car - one on which I've done nearly
>>>>> everything since ~1995 - has regressed so much because I've been sitting on
>>>>> it for so long!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > thanks,
>>>>> > David
>>>>> >
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