Long story short - once I have a fuel pump out of the tank, how do I know if it's good? If I should replace the sock? If the tank is clean/good?
Extended story - My 87 sat in an outdoor garage for five years. I'd put Stabil in the tank when I put it away, but apparently only had about 6 gallons of gas in there (don't know how I missed that one).
Finally pulled it out of the garage, wouldn't start. Siphoned most of the gas (a nice cloudy yellow), put 4 gal of fresh gas in, new fuel filter, and she eventually started. Would rev to redline while sitting there, but once on the road she wouldn't really go past 2500rpms w/o lots of hesitation/bucking/stuttering.
Get her back to the house, park, and 3 days later she won't start. Go through the crank-no-start checklist, and figure out I have no fuel pressure. Zero at the Schrader valve, tested with three gauges. Fuel does pour out of the valve, but doesn't "shoot" out. 12v at the relay, inertia switch is good and not tripped, and the pump primes with the key.
Today I disconnect the "in" line from the fuel filter, turn the key, and maybe 3 tablespoons (?) of fuel comes out of the line. Again, doesn't really "shoot" out as if under high pressure, more like it kind of "falls" out since the end of the hose is facing down.
I also removed the fuel filter to make sure I'd installed it in the right direction, and poured fuel out of the "in" side. When doing so, the fuel again looked fairly cloudy, and a lot of little black particles came out. Looked almost like soot that had clumped together; each one could fit pretty much inside the loop of the R on your keyboard.
Drop the tank, get the fuel pump out. The sock looks kind of orange, but doesn't appear to be caked. The inside of the tank doesn't appear to be rusty, but I can only see so much. There is some type of sediment in the "tub" of the tank...but I don't know about the rest.
Thoughts on what to do next???
Extended story - My 87 sat in an outdoor garage for five years. I'd put Stabil in the tank when I put it away, but apparently only had about 6 gallons of gas in there (don't know how I missed that one).
Finally pulled it out of the garage, wouldn't start. Siphoned most of the gas (a nice cloudy yellow), put 4 gal of fresh gas in, new fuel filter, and she eventually started. Would rev to redline while sitting there, but once on the road she wouldn't really go past 2500rpms w/o lots of hesitation/bucking/stuttering.
Get her back to the house, park, and 3 days later she won't start. Go through the crank-no-start checklist, and figure out I have no fuel pressure. Zero at the Schrader valve, tested with three gauges. Fuel does pour out of the valve, but doesn't "shoot" out. 12v at the relay, inertia switch is good and not tripped, and the pump primes with the key.
Today I disconnect the "in" line from the fuel filter, turn the key, and maybe 3 tablespoons (?) of fuel comes out of the line. Again, doesn't really "shoot" out as if under high pressure, more like it kind of "falls" out since the end of the hose is facing down.
I also removed the fuel filter to make sure I'd installed it in the right direction, and poured fuel out of the "in" side. When doing so, the fuel again looked fairly cloudy, and a lot of little black particles came out. Looked almost like soot that had clumped together; each one could fit pretty much inside the loop of the R on your keyboard.
Drop the tank, get the fuel pump out. The sock looks kind of orange, but doesn't appear to be caked. The inside of the tank doesn't appear to be rusty, but I can only see so much. There is some type of sediment in the "tub" of the tank...but I don't know about the rest.
Thoughts on what to do next???