It's a long story so I won't bore you with details, but I am working on an 88 Supra with the 7M-GTE engine. The car has 69,000 miles on it and up until about 5 years ago was pretty well maintained. Overall the body, interior and engine compartment all look to be in great shape.
From what I understand it was parked about 5 years ago and hasn't been driven since. I am assuming it was parked outside, but from looking at the windshield and body I'm not sure, pretty clean. It may have been under some cover, not sure
I was told they took it to an dealership and they wanted 4000.00 to replace the fuel system.
Anyway, after I got it, I checked all the fuses, visually, and gave it the once over.
The battery was dead (05 model) and I thought before I went and bought a bunch of parts (fuel pump, strainer, gaskets, battery etc) I would siphon out what gas I could out of the tank and refill with fresh.
Upon opening the fuel door, I noticed it was covered in dirt and was kinda sticky. I ran a plastic tube into the tank and pulled it out. On the inside of the plastic tube there was quite a bit of rusty looking material. I reversed the hose and tried again with the same result.
At that point, I decided to drop the tank. When I did, I remove the filler neck and looked inside the tank. I was surprised that there was about a half a tank of liquid in it. I tipped in on its end and poured it out. Instead of a clear liquid it was brown. After that I looked inside the tank and there was at least 3 handfuls of rust near the filler neck opening, I'm assuming it all come from tipping the tank on its end. The rest of the inside of the tank from what I can see is rusty as heck.
As far as I know the dealership never tried to start it.
That leads me to a few questions from the folks in the know.
Since the key was never turned on, as far as I know, do you think replacing the the tank with a new one, with all new hardware and changing the fuel filter be worth it? Or do you think the fuel lines, injectors, pressure regulator etc etc are in as bad a shape as the tank for sitting all those years.
Is the car worth the expense? It would take at least 700.00 just to replace the tank, pump, filler neck etc, etc and there would be no guarantee of it start even with all that done.
Another concern I have is the rest of the systems, like the AC. With it sitting so long, what are the possibilities the seals in the compressor have flattened out and leaked the R-12, the brakes, etc etc.
I was thinking of trying to find an electric pump that would produce the required pressure to feed the EFI system and hooking it up to the fuel line and trying get it running before buying all the new parts, but I'm not sure if that would be a good idea or not. I'm thinking it would also need a hose on the return line to catch any excess fuel. What do you think would happen if I did? Any problems? I wouldn'trun it it more than a minute at a time if it ever started.
If you don't think its worth the effort, would it be better to part it out, or try and sell it outright?
I appreciate any and all thoughts, advice and opinions.
From what I understand it was parked about 5 years ago and hasn't been driven since. I am assuming it was parked outside, but from looking at the windshield and body I'm not sure, pretty clean. It may have been under some cover, not sure
I was told they took it to an dealership and they wanted 4000.00 to replace the fuel system.
Anyway, after I got it, I checked all the fuses, visually, and gave it the once over.
The battery was dead (05 model) and I thought before I went and bought a bunch of parts (fuel pump, strainer, gaskets, battery etc) I would siphon out what gas I could out of the tank and refill with fresh.
Upon opening the fuel door, I noticed it was covered in dirt and was kinda sticky. I ran a plastic tube into the tank and pulled it out. On the inside of the plastic tube there was quite a bit of rusty looking material. I reversed the hose and tried again with the same result.
At that point, I decided to drop the tank. When I did, I remove the filler neck and looked inside the tank. I was surprised that there was about a half a tank of liquid in it. I tipped in on its end and poured it out. Instead of a clear liquid it was brown. After that I looked inside the tank and there was at least 3 handfuls of rust near the filler neck opening, I'm assuming it all come from tipping the tank on its end. The rest of the inside of the tank from what I can see is rusty as heck.
As far as I know the dealership never tried to start it.
That leads me to a few questions from the folks in the know.
Since the key was never turned on, as far as I know, do you think replacing the the tank with a new one, with all new hardware and changing the fuel filter be worth it? Or do you think the fuel lines, injectors, pressure regulator etc etc are in as bad a shape as the tank for sitting all those years.
Is the car worth the expense? It would take at least 700.00 just to replace the tank, pump, filler neck etc, etc and there would be no guarantee of it start even with all that done.
Another concern I have is the rest of the systems, like the AC. With it sitting so long, what are the possibilities the seals in the compressor have flattened out and leaked the R-12, the brakes, etc etc.
I was thinking of trying to find an electric pump that would produce the required pressure to feed the EFI system and hooking it up to the fuel line and trying get it running before buying all the new parts, but I'm not sure if that would be a good idea or not. I'm thinking it would also need a hose on the return line to catch any excess fuel. What do you think would happen if I did? Any problems? I wouldn'trun it it more than a minute at a time if it ever started.
If you don't think its worth the effort, would it be better to part it out, or try and sell it outright?
I appreciate any and all thoughts, advice and opinions.
