Afternoon All,
First post on PP! Purchased a used 120 V6 from a dealer and went straight up to DI - all in perfect working order and lookover by my mechanic. Refilled at a shell servo (~110L of 91RON) on the way home and ran it over an underbody wash. A few kms down the road engine light came on = me sh*tting myself re new toy. Cleaned the car all over and woke up the next morning - no engine light. 2 days later - engine light back on. Took it back to dealer straight away and today they've come back to me with water in the fuel tank. "looks like dirty creek water" was the mechanics words! Forgotten the codes the ECU was throwing but was 02 sensor...How the hell water got in there I have no idea - my theories include contaminated tank at servo (called and no one else has had a problem) or second tank had not been used for a while prior to purchase and contaminants were sitting there...Engine was idling sssslighty rougher than normal (could be my imagination) but apart from that no loss of power etc.
Anyway ~$500 to flush tanks and lines + new filter. any other way of getting water out of tank? any ideas on how it got there? Will flush it regardless I'm thinking.
any feedback/similar experiences would be appreciated.
Cheers,
First post on PP! Purchased a used 120 V6 from a dealer and went straight up to DI - all in perfect working order and lookover by my mechanic. Refilled at a shell servo (~110L of 91RON) on the way home and ran it over an underbody wash. A few kms down the road engine light came on = me sh*tting myself re new toy. Cleaned the car all over and woke up the next morning - no engine light. 2 days later - engine light back on. Took it back to dealer straight away and today they've come back to me with water in the fuel tank. "looks like dirty creek water" was the mechanics words! Forgotten the codes the ECU was throwing but was 02 sensor...How the hell water got in there I have no idea - my theories include contaminated tank at servo (called and no one else has had a problem) or second tank had not been used for a while prior to purchase and contaminants were sitting there...Engine was idling sssslighty rougher than normal (could be my imagination) but apart from that no loss of power etc.
Anyway ~$500 to flush tanks and lines + new filter. any other way of getting water out of tank? any ideas on how it got there? Will flush it regardless I'm thinking.
any feedback/similar experiences would be appreciated.
Cheers,
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