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I'm after some advice on cleaning or replacing the fuel tank in my 2010 diesel Pajero. (I live in the southern suburbs of Adelaide.)
I must have picked up some dirty fuel somewhere as I have recently had two occurrences where my car has died due to fuel not getting through.
The first time we happened to be in a country town with a Mitsubishi service centre who were able to fix it for us. They pulled out the mesh 'sock' on the fuel intake from inside the tank (see picture below) and cleaned the mess off it as they didn't have a replacement. That was in June this year. Since then my mechanic has had the car twice to change the fuel filter including about a month ago ahead of a trip away over the Oct long weekend. We kept the fuel level right up and had no probs whilst away, but on the drive home the tank got down to just above 1/4 full and we experienced the same lack of power then cut-out issues. We were able to manually pump the pressure button on the fuel filter to get the enging goin again then limped to a service station where putting in $20 of fuel saw the car running OK and I got it home. I haven't driven it since.
My mechanic has said that he doesn't know anyone who can clean the tank and he recommends I find a replacement tank from a wrecker. Just called a wrecker and they said it would cost $275 but they don't have any at the moment. My mechanic said it would cost a few hours of labour to replace it, so I guess we'd be looking somewhere around $600 or so all up for a replacement.
So, what to do...? Is cleaning it better than replacing it? Does anyone know anyone who cleans tanks?
Just after some advice if possible. Thanks!
I must have picked up some dirty fuel somewhere as I have recently had two occurrences where my car has died due to fuel not getting through.
The first time we happened to be in a country town with a Mitsubishi service centre who were able to fix it for us. They pulled out the mesh 'sock' on the fuel intake from inside the tank (see picture below) and cleaned the mess off it as they didn't have a replacement. That was in June this year. Since then my mechanic has had the car twice to change the fuel filter including about a month ago ahead of a trip away over the Oct long weekend. We kept the fuel level right up and had no probs whilst away, but on the drive home the tank got down to just above 1/4 full and we experienced the same lack of power then cut-out issues. We were able to manually pump the pressure button on the fuel filter to get the enging goin again then limped to a service station where putting in $20 of fuel saw the car running OK and I got it home. I haven't driven it since.
My mechanic has said that he doesn't know anyone who can clean the tank and he recommends I find a replacement tank from a wrecker. Just called a wrecker and they said it would cost $275 but they don't have any at the moment. My mechanic said it would cost a few hours of labour to replace it, so I guess we'd be looking somewhere around $600 or so all up for a replacement.
So, what to do...? Is cleaning it better than replacing it? Does anyone know anyone who cleans tanks?
Just after some advice if possible. Thanks!
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