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Originally Posted by 97 SL320
Possibly all of the above.
From your post in another thread, this car has been sitting 15 years so the fuel system is going to be a me$$ if it was not drained of fuel. We also don't know if the car was in operating condition when parked.
Start pricing out all fuel system parts for this car. Fuel pump , fuel accumulator , fuel distributor , injectors and a host of other normal tune up stuff. Someone on e bay was selling rebuild kits for the fuel distributor.
You will need to pull the tank and have it cleaned, expect the fuel gauge sender to be damaged due to varnish / corrosion. Expect all fuel lines to either be clogged or coated with varnish that will start to dissolve and clog any parts down stream.
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Makes sense. Definitely learning as I go, so thanks for the advice.
That's accurate about condition when I purchased - didn't have any info or history so it was certainly a risk.
I'll take a look at those parts. I've already done some basic tune up activities. Will be interesting as I continue to dig in.
05-04-2019, 08:03 PM
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