It appears like we've to find a way to mitigate this problem or accept to live with the problem and bear the repair cost every now and then or worse be prepared to get stranded out of the blue. Hence changing the following parts.īesides, throttle body and injectors have been cleaned though they were largely looking good to the naked eye. With my Gypsy likely to be at all sorts of offbeat places at odd hours and inclement weather, I didn't want to take a chance to do that and get stranded, especially with something as important as fuel systems. Cleaning/Servicing them was an option though but no guarantee of it functioning as intended. He's saying he has seen similar cases in motorcycle fuel tanks and few other cars, especially those that doesn't run on a regular basis.ĭamage to the pocket is 15k and below parts are getting replaced. My mechanic, a very experienced chap, is also of the same opinion and so are few other experts whom I spoke to. I can't think of any other villain than the E10,E15 petrol which we all have to fill inevitably to our older non compatible engines/cars. Upon investigating further, it's found that the fuel tank was plagued with rust and even the fuel pump and float has rusted beyond recognition. The car had misfiring issues on last couple of occassions I drove. While this is what I do generally to upkeep the vehicle, many a times the vehicle was parked for 3 weeks on the trot owing to me going out of station etc. Even then, there must be always min 5 litres fuel in the tank. It's tanked up only when a trip is lined up and just before it commences. Hence I don't fill more than 7-8 litres petrol at a time. The runs which it see are weekly once or so to keep the battery juice going, about 10-15 kms. It being a modified off road spec Gypsy, it's rarely used on the road. i've just got the first taste of it after my Gypsy has gone to the mechanic for it's yearly oil changes and other running repairs before the start of another off road season. So it's here, very much here - the Ethanol blended petrol playing havoc with fuel systems and components.
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