Thanks Bill....I did consider the ECU. If nothing else works it moves up the list.
I know all about old gasoline myself. I have a Porsche 928S4 I had stored for 5 years without draining the gas. The injectors plugged daily for 6 months from residue. I have used a two cases of injector cleaner over the last 6 months. A couple of cans in a 1/4 of a tank and it cleans them right out. It is just finally starting to run without re-plugging injectors for a week at a time instead of hourly. Never again will I let a vehicle sit with fuel in the tank without draining or using a fuel stabilizer. Since the 928 has a total fuel recirculating loop system with a filter, the only reside causing the problem was from the filter to the injectors....but that was enough. The inside of the GTS tank was clean....no white film. hawke On 7/6/02 10:53 AM, "wghalley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hawke > I doubt if this is your problem but I'll throw it out as something to > consider as a last resort. On an old Ford Festiva (Yeah, I used to be > that poor) the engine quit one cold January night. After 5-10 minutes > it would restart, run for a couple of miles, then die again. Repeat. > Repeat. Repeat. Finally got home. After a very frustrating search,it > turned out to be the engine control module dying. When it was cold it > worked, when it got warm it didn't. Replaced the ECU, no more problem. > > By the way, ont the white powder residue you found on the strainer - > I've had a white residue precipitate from old gasoline after long > storage. Your problem may have started as bad (old) gas. Next time you > have your tank apart, take a scotchbrite pad & go over the inside > surface. (One of my hobbies is old tractors - you'd be amazed at what > happens to gasoline over time) > > > Bill >
