87 xj fuel pump problem!!!!!
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Year: 1989 xj sport 2dr
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Year: 1986
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I got to work on my jeep some this weekend and I decided to pull the fuel pump out and drop the tank before I checked any wiring. And I'm glad I dropped the tank, the gas is so bad and old that it has gummed up inside the tank, ate the hose's up on the pump, the strainer on the fuel pump fell down into the tank on it and pretty much the whole sending unit has gummy gas all over it. But wait there's more! My tank is full of rust!! I got the pressure washer out and poured some chemicals in it that my dad washes equipment motors down with and started spraying it out, I got all of the bad stuff out, but there are small flakes in it and the rust that is still stuck to the walls of the tank. I'm back at school now, so I have to wait until next weekend to start back on it. Any tips on getting rust out of the tank? And how to clean the sending unit up. Thanks.
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I got to work on my jeep some this weekend and I decided to pull the fuel pump out and drop the tank before I checked any wiring. And I'm glad I dropped the tank, the gas is so bad and old that it has gummed up inside the tank, ate the hose's up on the pump, the strainer on the fuel pump fell down into the tank on it and pretty much the whole sending unit has gummy gas all over it. But wait there's more! My tank is full of rust!! I got the pressure washer out and poured some chemicals in it that my dad washes equipment motors down with and started spraying it out, I got all of the bad stuff out, but there are small flakes in it and the rust that is still stuck to the walls of the tank. I'm back at school now, so I have to wait until next weekend to start back on it. Any tips on getting rust out of the tank? And how to clean the sending unit up. Thanks.
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freegdr, I was thinking about getting another one, my dad is off work today and he decided to pital with it some and he thinks the computer bad now, along with the rusty tank and fuel pump
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We hooked it back up and put it in a plastic gas tank that you would put in a boat to see if the pump would run and it ran for a second a cut off
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it will only run for a second it pressureizes the system it will not run again until the pressure drops or motor is started
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with all the rust dont forget to change the filter and id replace the resistor you stated you only had 6 volts at the pump last year
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Sorry about that, thought I posted the link too, here it is this time.
http://www.kbs-coatings.com/Tank-Sealers_c_7-1-0.html
http://www.kbs-coatings.com/Tank-Sealers_c_7-1-0.html
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Sorry I haven't posted in a while, been busy with school. I still have gotten all the rust out the tank yet, i'm going to put some rocks in there and sloush it around and see if i can get some more rust out.
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