I got a question.....

[Funnyman141]

The first owner of my '87 ranger used normal gas and same for my uncle. I just filled it up with gasohol and thought about all of the crap that's gonna be ran through my motor it's also been sitting for five years with a full tank so there's even more crap in the tank then usual. Is there anything that I would need to change out after running it a while and is there a fuel filter bypass hose?

Just wondering because I want to get alot of the crap out of the system asap
thanks for the help

Funnyman141

 

[Beanmachine7000]

If you think there is that much crap in your tank and it's really been sitting for 5 years I'd drop the tank and dump it... Then put in fresh...

 

[Funnyman141]

we did that but haven't ran it much but when I drive it home (14 mile) I'm afraid the filter sock will be completely covered choking it off every time I give it gas or if it gets past the sock I hope the inline fuel filter will catch it all

 

[Beanmachine7000]

we did that but haven't ran it much but when I drive it home (14 mile) I'm afraid the filter sock will be completely covered choking it off every time I give it gas or if it gets past the sock I hope the inline fuel filter will catch it all

Th in-line should... I'd just change them out soon... I always change them out when I do a tune-up anyway... Wouldn't you believe the Explorer I just bought never had the FF changed?

 

[Funnyman141]

lol I can my my friends '82 toyota pickup never had ANY of the filters changed
It was a horrible ride the first time I rode in it after we changed all of the fluids and filters excluding fuel filters (didn't have time lol) it ran fine those little 22R can take a lot of punishment

 

[skyy_4life]

i would drop tank and drain it and clean it out. clean off sock and replace fuel filter. u should be fine.

 

[Beanmachine7000]

i would drop tank and drain it and clean it out. clean off sock and replace fuel filter. u should be fine.

He did already...

 

[Funnyman141]

But what would be a good way to get all of that crap out of there?
won't the crap get sucked up to the sock starving the engine of fuel or making it work harder for the fuel??

I know I over-complicate things

 

[redgooch]

It probably wouldn't hurt to put a sealer in the tank. POR15 makes a great sealer kit. The kit comes with everything you would need to clean all the crap out of the tank. When its all said and done the inside will be like new. When it is done right you will never have to worry about again.

 

[Mark_88]

After my Ranger sat for about four years I finally got around to putting gas in the tank and starting it up...when I checked the fuel coming up from the tank for the first time it came out almost red...there was plenty of rust in the tank and it took a few litres of gas flowing through the system before it started coming out the normal color...

Too bad I didn't know about this POR15 treatment prior to doing all that work because the gas tank was almost new four years ago (had to replace it to get the emission test done because the old one was leaking)...hopefully it's not too badly rusted because I figured it would last at least ten years or more being new and all...

 

[redgooch]

as long as its not leaking the POR15 tank kit will work. even if it is leaking with the help of a patch the POR15 will seal it. I had a gas tank on a motorcycle that was like swiss cheese, it was compleatly full of holes. I used an epoxy putty to seal the holes used the POR15 tank sealer then sanded off the epoxy and bondo'ed it to get rid of the holes never leaked again. my friend still has that bike and that was done 2 1/2 years ago. that stuff works good i would recomend it to anyone. I would even use it on a new tank then you would never have a problem. gas tank would probably outlast the truck lol.

 

[Kenneth S]

My 88 sat for 5 years with about 1/2-3/4 tank, it was so dirty, and rusty a radiator shop wanted $120.00 to boil and seal it, looked on ebay, and bought a new one from A1 auto parts (I think), at the time I paid $80.00 for the tank, plus $20.00 to ship it.

 

[ShortyzKustomz]

My old Camaro sat for about 5 years. I actually got it started on the old gas and drove it home. Let it run itself low on gas filled it with premium, and drove it. Changed the fuel filter the next day and kept running premium a few tanks. Never had a problem

 

[Beanmachine7000]

My old Camaro sat for about 5 years. I actually got it started on the old gas and drove it home. Let it run itself low on gas filled it with premium, and drove it. Changed the fuel filter the next day and kept running premium a few tanks. Never had a problem

Was it a metal tank though? Running premium doesn't "clean" anything though... It just had a higher octane rating...

 

[Funnyman141]

I got it running it runs rough and I kinda figured that it would. As It was running I noticed that the temperature gauge didn't move after running for a half an hour and the Haynes manual doesn't cover the little 2.3L so I was wondering where it was on the motor and also that the oil pressure gauge was reading right on the low line even when I revved it up so do you guys know whats wrong there I kinda don't want to destroy this one LOL thanks for the you guys!

Have a couple cold ones
oh crap Im underage oh well