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On 3 Dec 2005 at 23:50, Constantino Tobio wrote: > She was parked in working order with fresh oil in Sept. 2004 with 2 > gallons of fuel in the tank. Obviously that fuel was no good, but with a > fresh batch of fuel she started up (a little hard, but she started hard > back then too). I have this list to thank for the information on needing > to pressurize the fuel loop if the car's been standing. That gas was probably fine also. Unless most of it has evaporated, leaving behind jelly, it's usually okay. If yours had dried up, fresh gas would not have been able to get thru, so it sounds like you were lucky. I often store my cars with full tanks and come back and start them right up a few years later. > Now that she's in my garage, I can begin the process of cleaning her up > and getting her running a little better. I got a 25' roll of Goodyear > 5/16 fuel line which is first on the agenda, as the #3 injector shows > signs of leaching fuel out the hose. She'll be getting new hose all > around. Then, new brake hoses all around and a full once-over and brake > fluid flush. Would you like a copy of my silicone brake fluid FAQ? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~