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The Workshop => Maintenance, Problems & Troubleshooting => Topic started by: edmundopt on November 23, 2017, 16:51

Title: fuel tanks inspection
Post by: edmundopt on November 23, 2017, 16:51
hi
 so since the car has 15 years old, I wen to take a look at the tank, remove water and check filer.
 for my surprise I found nothing at all
 here are some pics :

 fuel pump filter has no/little dirt
[attachment=1:112d9lm8] ia1 20171121_181226_s.jpg ia1 [/attachment:112d9lm8]

 fuel tank has nothing that I can see
 [attachment=0:112d9lm8] ia0 20171121_181556_s.jpg ia0 [/attachment:112d9lm8]

 however, I can't see the "vapor pressure sensor conector"
[attachment=2:112d9lm8] ia2 20171121_161758_s.jpg ia2 [/attachment:112d9lm8]
 was it removed from certain models ?
Title: Re: fuel tanks inspection
Post by: lamcote on November 23, 2017, 18:07
Very interesting to see the condition of this.
Title: Re: fuel tanks inspection
Post by: SteveJ on November 23, 2017, 18:18
Vapour pressure sensor was only fitted to US cars to comply with California emissions
Title: Re: fuel tanks inspection
Post by: edmundopt on November 23, 2017, 18:49
Quote from: "lamcote"Very interesting to see the condition of this.

I have seen Dad diaries MR2 (https://www.youtube.com/user/DualBoot101) repair videos and  I can say that I have no rust anywhere.


Quote from: "SteveJ"Vapour pressure sensor was only fitted to US cars to comply with California emissions
thanks for the info, I will just add a note to my manual  s:) :) s:)
Title: Re: fuel tanks inspection
Post by: JoeCool on November 23, 2017, 20:14
I pulled the filter out of my 1997 BMW a couple of years ago, it had 180k miles on it and was the 2.8 so it had undoubtedly had some fuel run through it. It was as clean as a whilstle inside. I think what with petrol being a strong solvent, and UK petrol supplies being decent, it's basically a self cleaning system.
Title: Re: RE: Re: fuel tanks inspection
Post by: shnazzle on November 23, 2017, 20:27
Quote from: "lamcote"Very interesting to see the condition of this.
Agreed. Thanks for sharing