Injector cleaner/carby cleaners can help remove water,
in either carb or efi.
But I been using metho for a long time.
I leave enough in the bottle to use for the car, too
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| Author: | FullyZooked [ Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | LOTS of water in Vitara fuel tank. WTF! |
As the title explains. I have a shitload of water in my fuel tank. Car has been starting really rough of late and so started the quest to find the issue. I had a mate explain that Vitaras suck water in the tank really easy and that I should put a bottle of Metho in it to disperse the water. I have now pub in over 2lts of Metho and there is still over 100mm of water in my fuel tank. How do I know? I syphoned fuel from my tank into a bottle making sure the hose is pushed all the way to the bottom. Sucked out some juice and let it sit in the bottle for a minute or so. Atleast 1/4 of a 1.25lt bottle was water. Who else has had an issue with water being sucked into the tank? I will be taking the tank out and re routing the breather to my diff breathers. Is there any other point on the tank that could take water in? |
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| Author: | royce [ Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LOTS of water in Vitara fuel tank. WTF! |
it wouldnt run with 100mm in the tank, water sits on the bottom where the pickup is, it would just suck water and not run pull the tank out, rip the pump out and drain and flush it if there is that much in there, only take an hour have you submerged the tank lately? fuel cap and filler hoses sealed? your mate is an idiot, ive never heard of water in a vit tank and not had any in mine in 5 years |
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| Author: | christover1 [ Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LOTS of water in Vitara fuel tank. WTF! |
Crappy fuel sellers can put water in your tank. |
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| Author: | atari4x4 [ Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LOTS of water in Vitara fuel tank. WTF! |
christover1 wrote: Crappy fuel sellers can put water in your tank.
this. |
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| Author: | christover1 [ Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LOTS of water in Vitara fuel tank. WTF! |
Injector cleaner/carby cleaners can help remove water, in either carb or efi. But I been using metho for a long time. I leave enough in the bottle to use for the car, too
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| Author: | zuk_244 [ Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LOTS of water in Vitara fuel tank. WTF! |
atari4x4 wrote: christover1 wrote: Crappy fuel sellers can put water in your tank. this. Yeah ive heard that when they dont seal the underground tanks properly the rain water gets in and then you pump it into your car. How long ago did you fill up before you started having trouble? I think that if you got water in the tank it wouldnt take long before it started running rough. And i dont think the breather will be out into the atmosphere. It should go to the charcoal canister under the bonnet and not be a problem. |
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| Author: | FullyZooked [ Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LOTS of water in Vitara fuel tank. WTF! |
Thanks guys. I have another transparent fuel filter after the fuel pump and the carb sitting where I can visibly see the fuel in it just below the carby hat. After putting 2 litres of Metho in the tank there is still water coming through. I can visibly see the line of water nearly half filling my fuel filter. My guess is it may be too much water just for crappy fuel? I bet I know when it came in, 2 weeks ago in Wombat State forest. Went through alot of DEEP water. I think it may be a tank out job. I'll let you know what I find. |
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| Author: | christover1 [ Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LOTS of water in Vitara fuel tank. WTF! |
Some older cars and trucks had a visible glass bowl type filter, the glass bit was removeable with a clip, enabling a bit of cleaning. |
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| Author: | shep [ Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LOTS of water in Vitara fuel tank. WTF! |
zuk_244 wrote: atari4x4 wrote: christover1 wrote: Crappy fuel sellers can put water in your tank. this. Yeah ive heard that when they dont seal the underground tanks properly the rain water gets in and then you pump it into your car. How long ago did you fill up before you started having trouble? I think that if you got water in the tank it wouldnt take long before it started running rough. And i dont think the breather will be out into the atmosphere. It should go to the charcoal canister under the bonnet and not be a problem. fuel storage tanks breath in and out with temperature changes and water builds up in every servos fuel tanks and periodicity needs to be pumped out. a good servo will check water levels at least weekly, testing is as simple as smearing a paste on the dip stick. most servo fuel tanks can handle at least 3000ltrs of water before it affects the fuel coming out of the pump. well unless it gets stirred up by a fuel delivery.
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