Bad fuel aftermath

[KWentling]

For those that have a leaking tank, my dealer repaired the fuel gage leak under warranty, but that turned out not to be my leak. Turned out there are screw in fittings with hoses on the back corners of the tank that were leaking. I removed them and used teflon tape on the threads and cured my leak. Also discovered that the same fuse for the fuel pump feeds the tail lights, so no tail lights, no fuel pump. (dealer pinched the tail light wiring) You should be able to hear the pump run sitting in the seat with the key on but engine not running. If your still having fuel problems, I would cut open an old filter and see if you have the black slime indicative of an algae problem. Depending on the severity, a few more fuel filter changes might cure it or a good tank cleaning might be needed. If no slime I would look at the fuel pump.

Kim

 

[Lockport]

I have had a similar problem a couple times until one day when it started dying I opened the hood and noticed erratic behaviour of the solenoid. I saw it cut in and out causing the engine to nearly quit.