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93 965 STALLING - fUEL OR TANK PROBLEM? 900

posted by  flatsix on  Thu Aug 12 07:08 CST 2004
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I HAVE JUST INHERITED A PERFECT 1993 965. IT HAS 80,000 MILES - GOOD SERVICE HISTORY, BUT IT WASN'T NOT DONE YEARLY - IT WAS DONE BASED ON MILES. NOT A LOT OF HIGHWAY MILES.

THE PROBLEM IS.....

WHEN THE FUEL GAUAGE IS READING ABOUT 1/8TH OF A TANK, THE ENGINE WILL SEEM TO SURGE, DEVELOPE DEAD SPOTS IN THE POWER BAND, AND EVEN STALL. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED (65-70) OR CITY SPEEDS (20-30). I FIRST THOUGHT THAT I HAD OLD OR BAD GAS - I PUT 10 GALLONS OF 93 OCTANE INTO THE TANK AND RAN IT. AGAIN, AT JUST BELOW 1/8TH OF A TANK – OR JUST ABOVE THE RED LINE ON THE FUEL GAUGE THE CAR STARTED TO LOOSE POWER SPERATICALLY. I DECIDED TO FILL THE TANK – THE TANK TOOK JUST UNDER 13 GALLONS. THIS SEEMED SOMEWHAT SHORT – THE TANK DOES NOT LOOK DAMEGED i.e. NO DENTS. COULD THERE BE WATER IN THE TANK? FUEL FITER PROBLEMS? SLUGE FROM LACK OF DRIVING OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS? CAN ANYBODY HELP? I LOVE THE CAR – WHEN THE TANK IS ABOVE 1/8TH THERE ISN’T A BETTER CAR, BUT BELOW 1/8TH IT’S NOT GOOD.





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