Varnished Rancid Unleaded

[stangimon]

I just got a Mk 3. The gas tank had 8 gallons of hazmat. The rubber shock on the Denso fuel pump disintegrated. I got some MEK I'll use after pressurewashing. The car is dark brown with 5 spoke Mystic wheels, 7M-GE,
5 speed. Gotta go buy a pump. Take a picture to put on my signature.


Dickie

 

[Reiketsukan]

I just got a Mk 3. The gas tank had 8 gallons of hazmat. The rubber shock on the Denso fuel pump disintegrated. I got some MEK I'll use after pressurewashing. The car is dark brown with 5 spoke Mystic wheels, 7M-GE,
5 speed. Gotta go buy a pump. Take a picture to put on my signature.


Dickie

Tough luck man, but welcome to SM! Hope you got a good deal on her. Can we get some pics? Everyone loves pics!

 

[SrBigbutt]

I guess I got pretty lucky. My car was sitting for 8 years and it had a full tank of gas. Other than smelling pretty bad it did not turn into varnish. The tank was clean and the lines were not clogged. I did have to buy a new fuel pump and once I did that it leaked pretty bad and I had to replace all the injector seals. Hope you don't have to do that.

 

[stangimon]

It didn't turn out bad. Got a pump from a wrecked cressida for 50. Steamed the tank. Pumped the line out and it runs good. The guy I bought it from said it was rebuilt about a hundred miles and 3 years ago. Replaced the dryrotted tires and getting the minor bugs out. Its got about 35# oil pressure with slight backfire at deceleration. I put about 50 backroad miles on it and getting it inspected tomorrow. All told with oil change I got 1200 dollars in it.
Dickie