98 Ford Windstar. fuel tank has a large amount of water in the fuel tank. What effect will this have on the operation of the vehicle ? What steps should be taken to correct it? Are there any long term effects of the water
Water in Fuel Tank
Sep 21, 2007
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The vehicle won't start at all, because fuel is lighter than water and comes up so only water will go to carburator. The fuel tank should be emptied and completely dried.It maybe effect the operation of carburator so carburator needs to be cleaned too.
Cars don't run on water, because water doesn't burn. How bad your problem really is depends on what a "large" amount is, but you may find the best thing to do is just to drain the tank and refill it with known-good gas.
If it's a "small" amount, adding some dry gas will make some of that water miscible with the gasoline. But it takes a lot of dry gas to dissolve a little bit of water.
If you CAN make your car run with water in the gas tank, it should be good at least for an award from the EPA, if not a Nobel.
--scott
there is no carburator it's fuel injection but yes the whole system should be flushed
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