Engine sat -> gelled fuel
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Engine sat -> gelled fuel
My fuel rails contain goop from sitting. Is there something special I need to do? It seems liquid and fluid at this point, not crystallised, but it sure is thick. Should I just try to run it through the system when I start, or should I try to clean it, and if so what with? We're talking rails; dampers; fpr; injectors.
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Had the same issue on a bike a few years ago, and the "fuel flush" worked for me.
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Blow it out. Use some spray cleaner....just about anything will work. I wouldn't use spray carb cleaner...pretty nasty stuff. Acetone would work great...most California brake cleaners are now mostly acetone.
Apply 12 volts to each injector and make sure the solenoid works...you will be able to hear them "click". If they don't click...tap gently on them, until they do. Keep hitting them with voltage and then remove the voltage until the clicking sounds the same. This will "free" up the solenoids.
Blow backwards through the open injector with compressed air...crap will come out...watch where you point the open end (not toward eyes).
Spray through the injectors...backwards with them open, at first. Then normally.
Injector guys can't do anything to "balance injectors". They can only clean them and test them.
Install and run the engine. Check the regulators and dampers for leakage into the vacuum system carefully. Current fuels "disolve" the diaphragms. Old fuel is really hard on them. Most all will leak after sitting for any period of time.....many leak just from age. A new set would be money well spent.
Apply 12 volts to each injector and make sure the solenoid works...you will be able to hear them "click". If they don't click...tap gently on them, until they do. Keep hitting them with voltage and then remove the voltage until the clicking sounds the same. This will "free" up the solenoids.
Blow backwards through the open injector with compressed air...crap will come out...watch where you point the open end (not toward eyes).
Spray through the injectors...backwards with them open, at first. Then normally.
Injector guys can't do anything to "balance injectors". They can only clean them and test them.
Install and run the engine. Check the regulators and dampers for leakage into the vacuum system carefully. Current fuels "disolve" the diaphragms. Old fuel is really hard on them. Most all will leak after sitting for any period of time.....many leak just from age. A new set would be money well spent.
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Blow it out. Use some spray cleaner....just about anything will work. I wouldn't use spray carb cleaner...pretty nasty stuff. Acetone would work great...most California brake cleaners are now mostly acetone.
Apply 12 volts to each injector and make sure the solenoid works...you will be able to hear them "click". If they don't click...tap gently on them, until they do. Keep hitting them with voltage and then remove the voltage until the clicking sounds the same. This will "free" up the solenoids.
Blow backwards through the open injector with compressed air...crap will come out...watch where you point the open end (not toward eyes).
Spray through the injectors...backwards with them open, at first. Then normally.
Injector guys can't do anything to "balance injectors". They can only clean them and test them.
Install and run the engine. Check the regulators and dampers for leakage into the vacuum system carefully. Current fuels "disolve" the diaphragms. Old fuel is really hard on them. Most all will leak after sitting for any period of time.....many leak just from age. A new set would be money well spent.
Apply 12 volts to each injector and make sure the solenoid works...you will be able to hear them "click". If they don't click...tap gently on them, until they do. Keep hitting them with voltage and then remove the voltage until the clicking sounds the same. This will "free" up the solenoids.
Blow backwards through the open injector with compressed air...crap will come out...watch where you point the open end (not toward eyes).
Spray through the injectors...backwards with them open, at first. Then normally.
Injector guys can't do anything to "balance injectors". They can only clean them and test them.
Install and run the engine. Check the regulators and dampers for leakage into the vacuum system carefully. Current fuels "disolve" the diaphragms. Old fuel is really hard on them. Most all will leak after sitting for any period of time.....many leak just from age. A new set would be money well spent.
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My fuel rails contain goop from sitting. Is there something special I need to do? It seems liquid and fluid at this point, not crystallised, but it sure is thick. Should I just try to run it through the system when I start, or should I try to clean it, and if so what with? We're talking rails; dampers; fpr; injectors.