View Single Post
  #12   IP: 47.142.133.234
Old 09-09-2020, 12:42 AM
JOHN COOKSON JOHN COOKSON is offline
Afourian MVP, Professor Emeritus
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 3,500
Thanks: 54
Thanked 855 Times in 629 Posts
DID YOU CLEAN THE TANK?

Quote:
Originally Posted by TimBSmith View Post
I pumped all old fuel I could out of the gasoline tank recall it amounted to like 12 or 13 gallons. Filtered much of it while moving to EPA disposal storage containers. Found random bug parts, not much else. The color of the fuel tank fuel was much better than I expected (like fresh). I studied old gasoline and carb implications while contemplating the purchase of this and other A4 powered Pearsons. The marina owner also advised removing the old gasoline
Remember ethanol has a detergent effect in tanks. Removing the old fuel (with bug parts!!) is a good first step.
If you take on five gallons clean fuel into a dirty tank you will have five gallons of dirty fuel.
If the tank is dirty you are setting yourself for serial carburetor rebuilds. Don't depend on filters to clean up dirty fuel.
I've been down the serial carburetor rebuild road. It ain't no fun. I was ordering carburetor rebuild "kits" two at a time until I figured out what the problem was.* No forum back in those days......

ex TRUE GRIT

*I did get good at rebuilding the carburetor though!
Reply With Quote
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to JOHN COOKSON For This Useful Post:
sastanley (09-09-2020), Surcouf (09-09-2020), TimBSmith (09-09-2020)