If you are replacing the fuel pump/inj a GOOD cleaning of your fuel tank and lines is cheap insurance. I have one that sat up for about 7 years and did the following with no problems.
1) Remove the tank (you'll do this to install the pump anyway)
2) Disconnect the fuel lines at the rail and remove the fuel filter.
3) Use brake cleaner to clean the lines. Have someone at the rear of the car to watch for the brake cleaner to begin clearing up as it comes out. You will have three lines to do this to....an air hose will help here if you have it. If not...no biggie.
a) return to tank
b)tank to filter
c)filter to rail
4) Do the following (twice if neccesary).. This takes two people, and one or two gallons of denatured alcohol...depending on how gummed up that old fuel is.
5) Take a garden hose and run a gallon or two of water in the tank. Both of you grab an end of the tank and shake the sh!t out of it. Dump it out and repeat until the water coming out is relatively clean.
6) Pour a gallon of the denatured alcohol in the tank and shake, shake, shake....dump. Repeat until it comes out clean This will remove all the shelaqued(sp?) brown and orange crap that is stuck to the baffles.
7) Repeat until its clean.
No need to put a chain or other crap in the tank to remove gunk. I STRONGLY suggest making SURE you have a clean fuel system. This will add an hour... tops ...to a inj/pump upgrade. There again, cheap insurance.
1) Remove the tank (you'll do this to install the pump anyway)
2) Disconnect the fuel lines at the rail and remove the fuel filter.
3) Use brake cleaner to clean the lines. Have someone at the rear of the car to watch for the brake cleaner to begin clearing up as it comes out. You will have three lines to do this to....an air hose will help here if you have it. If not...no biggie.
a) return to tank
b)tank to filter
c)filter to rail
4) Do the following (twice if neccesary).. This takes two people, and one or two gallons of denatured alcohol...depending on how gummed up that old fuel is.
5) Take a garden hose and run a gallon or two of water in the tank. Both of you grab an end of the tank and shake the sh!t out of it. Dump it out and repeat until the water coming out is relatively clean.
6) Pour a gallon of the denatured alcohol in the tank and shake, shake, shake....dump. Repeat until it comes out clean This will remove all the shelaqued(sp?) brown and orange crap that is stuck to the baffles.
7) Repeat until its clean.
No need to put a chain or other crap in the tank to remove gunk. I STRONGLY suggest making SURE you have a clean fuel system. This will add an hour... tops ...to a inj/pump upgrade. There again, cheap insurance.
