<div dir="ltr">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.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Jim Wright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:06specv@themailshack.com" target="_blank">06specv@themailshack.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Yes, pump is under the back seat. Mark the two hoses and connectors with a paint pen to keep them straight.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Aftermarket tanks may not mount the fuel pump the same way, I tried two different models from Spectra and wasn't happy with either.</div><div><br><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On May 4, 2016, at 2:55 PM, David Pertuz <<a href="mailto:d.pertuz@gmail.com" target="_blank">d.pertuz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>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. <br><br></div><div>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?<br></div><div><br></div>I'm not going to drop and boil the tank unless I have to, but if I do, it's just one more thing.<br><br></div>But all of this may have to wait another weekend so that I can get spring maintenance done on the 911 :)<br><br></div>David<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Jim Wright <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:06specv@themailshack.com" target="_blank">06specv@themailshack.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><div><div><br>On May 4, 2016, at 1:52 PM, David Pertuz <<a href="mailto:d.pertuz@gmail.com" target="_blank">d.pertuz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">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. <br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Matt McCrary <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mattmccrary@gmail.com" target="_blank">mattmccrary@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">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.</p><div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 5, 2016 1:13 PM, "Fancher, Jim" <<a href="mailto:Jim.Fancher@mcfa.com" target="_blank">Jim.Fancher@mcfa.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: Injectors - clean or replace / anyone have a set?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://theboostlab.com" target="_blank">theboostlab.com</a> 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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>On Apr 5, 2016 1:27 PM, "David Pertuz" <<a href="mailto:d.pertuz@gmail.com" target="_blank">d.pertuz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> And, if not, anyone got a set of stock injectors they don't need?<br>
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> 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!<br>
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