Re: Fuel System Contamination

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

If the system isn't terrible I would just drain the fuel tank and wipe
it out. If it isn't too bad then most of the crud is stopped by the
small strainer on the end of the fuel pick-up hose. The really small
fine stuff should be trapped in the fuel filter. Unless you are having
a lot of trouble with the fuel system all that I would do is have the
fuel injectors cleaned and tested. If the engine runs at all before
you start that should be enough. If the car hasn't been run and you
are really worried then drain the tank, wipe it out, fill with fresh
gas and run the motor. The system should flush most of the dirt either
into the tank or the fuel filter. Drive the car a little and then wipe
the tank out again and replace the fuel filter. Once you are sure you
got all of the dirt out then clean the fuel injectors. While you are
in the tank inspect all of the parts and replace any quetionable,
deteriorated parts. The fuel filter is supposed to protect the fuel
distributer and injectors. The accumulater may be bad but dirt won't
hurt it too much, age does.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757 


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "deloreanz" <deloreanz@xxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for all the help in the past. Is there any proceedure i can 
> follow to check how far the fuel contamination has gotten(like if it 
> got past the accumulator/distributor up to the injectors? I'm 
> considering just replacing the fuel pump/accumulator/filter just to 
> be safe, is that absolutely nessesary or could I check if any of 
> those are still good? Also how could i check the distributor for rust
> (hence injector contamination)? Thanks again,