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Old 26-04-08, 10:02 AM
bartselephant bartselephant is offline
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Hi Craig
Your experience sounds similar to mine - check your fuel filter. My fuel filter housing had about 1/3rd rusty water in it when I took it off!

If you do find water in the fuel filter housing, you'll need to siphon from the very bottom of your fuel tank into a buck and see what comes out. There is no need to drain the tank! Water is heavier than fuel, so just need to make sure the siphon tube is firm enough and long enough to assure you it's at the lowest point in the tank. I't normal for there to be a little bit of water in the tank - However, I got a good few mugfulls of mucky looking water out, before it started to suck out "straight fuel". Obviously, if you did have some water in there, you'll need a couple of new fuel filter elements. Do one change, run the car for a while and then inspect again. If you're unlucky like me, you'll need to swap the fuel filter again.
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