Injectors - clean or replace / anyone have a set?

Bill Conner annapolis13315 at gmail.com
Wed May 4 19:57:29 EDT 2016


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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