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Originally Posted by Isabo
Thanks Wayne,
and especially for the link to the article. I've no intention of doing the job myself (this time) but I love following through on what's being done on our cars so I can understand. The Boxster book is going on my shopping list today. I understand about rubbish in the bottom of fuel tanks, I just couldn't believe the advice the po was given about not letting the tank go below half.
The housewife in me asks if its sensible to hoover out the tank while the pump is out or if it's a matter of tolerating it and eventually replacing the tank?
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When I replaced the pump in my car, I reached in there and cleaned it all out with some windex or some type of mostly-harmless cleaner.
The 1/2 full rule is a good rule of thumb. No one will ever do that, so the 1/2 full rule then becomes the "fill at 1/4 tank" rule. It's good practice not to let the fuel tank run down low. That said, I do it all of the time, even having already paid the price in Vegas (funny, that usually means something else when talking about Vegas).
-Wayne