Re: Water In the Fuel Tank?

["jtrealty@xxxx " <jtrealty@xxxx>]

This problem is not very common on Deloreans. Do you have the fuel 
flap and is the car left outside? On corvettes the fuel cap is in a 
well under a cover with a drain that easily plugs up so on them at 
least it is common to see water in the fuel if the car is parked 
outside. More likely you refueled at a station that has a leaking
tank 
and the water contaminated the fuel which you pumped in. Do you 
regularly go to the same gas station, do you also take other cars 
there? Remove as much water as possible and then add 1/2 quart of dry 
gas to a full tank of gasoline, use it all up (as much as you can)
and 
then refill the gas tank. Do not regularly mix in dry gas, only when 
you suspect water in the fuel. Change the fuel filter afterwards and 
you should be alright. To remove the water it might be easier to 
remove the fuel pump and suck out everything and it also gives you
the 
chance to inspect the interior of the tank.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, "JamesRG" <jamesrg@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> My car had been playing up a bit after sitting for about a month 
without
> use, anyway it eventually just spluttered and had no power. I was 
looking
> into cleaning the fuel tank as it sounded like fuel starvation, 
whenever I
> pressed the accelerator the car stalled. I found to my horror that 
the fuel
> had water in it,