troubbble
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We pulled the fuel filter and blew it out to check it, and a reddish liquid came out that dried to white. It was fine grain, like clay or silt. We thought we had a rust or dirty tank issue, so dropped it to check it out, but it's sparkly clean in there. The port of the sending unit had some dark red gunk around it. The fuel pump is also new-looking (we've only had the car a month, so don't know for sure, but it is a shining light in an otherwise grody under-hood landscape). The car was run very little over the past year. We had probably a gallon of gas of an unknown age in there, then added 2-3 gallons of ethanol-free 93. The gas that we pulled out was clean. These are the facts thus far.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I'm thinking I'll pull the sending unit and take a look, but I'm not sure it could cause the issue.
Related: Does anyone have any votes for or against using carb cleaner and pressurized air to blow out the line from the pump to the tank? Figuring we might as well get it clean while it's all apart...
Just thought I'd ask for more input as we try to figure this out. I'm wondering if it's just old gunk and the problem has since been removed, but want to make sure we look at everything we should.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I'm thinking I'll pull the sending unit and take a look, but I'm not sure it could cause the issue.
Related: Does anyone have any votes for or against using carb cleaner and pressurized air to blow out the line from the pump to the tank? Figuring we might as well get it clean while it's all apart...
Just thought I'd ask for more input as we try to figure this out. I'm wondering if it's just old gunk and the problem has since been removed, but want to make sure we look at everything we should.
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