A happy day

[MonkeykingZX]

Well finally got the car moving under it's own power for the first time in 2 years, which has cheered me up alot as my enthusiasm for the project was starting to wane a little



One issue that was raised whilst replacing all the fuel lines today was what to do with the swirl pot? It's in pretty bad shape and after flushing it with fuel into a bowl whilst it was disconnected from the car and cleaning it out a bit there was still quite a bit of crap in there, so we slapped another filter in a temporary position between it and the pump and "shockingly" the filter filled up with rubbish quite quickly once the car had ran for a bit. A quick search didn't really reveal where to get a replacement from and got me wondering whether a t connector and a decent filter would be a decent alternative?

[bradderztvr]

Good news getting it out to soak up some sun! You can get alloy swirlpots as a replacement,but they can be a bit pricey. Replaced mine many years ago with one from RT. I'm not an expert but would suggest an empty container is better than another filter.
PS: Who's the shy chap trying to hide ?

[mrzigazaga]

Good news mate....My 280i didn't have a swirl pot and did have a T-piece joining the two pipes from the tanks and then feeding the pump to the accumulator and then the filter but if you are getting loads of crud then a two part pre-filter might be a good idea but i would check it regularly to avoid it blocking and starving the pump...What is the crud?..Is it rust from the tanks?...

[440Interceptor]

Hi, both RT Racing and ML Performance will sell you a stainless swirl pot for 105 or 100 pounds respectively. Agree with Zig though, if you're getting that much cr@p in the filter then it might be the tanks.

[MonkeykingZX]

Cheers guys, there was alot of rust in the swirl pot when we flushed it away from the car so there's definitely some coming from that but I certainly wouldn't disagree with you guys that there is a strong chance that there is some coming from the tanks aswell.

I think I'll try the t-piece and fuel filter and see how it goes, if the filter gums up fairly quickly then it'll be a tanks out job I guess, unless there is away to line the inside of the tanks without removing them?

[mrzigazaga]

Hi mate...If its as much as this which was from my driver side fuel tank on Delilah then i would think it would not be good as the tank will start to sprout leaks..My N/S was fortunate to of been plastic coated internally at some point...The tank looked okay on the outside.



I do know of two tanks that might become available but its not a guarantee at the moment...You would need to remove them to treat them but i would inspect them with an endoscope although thats no way of telling how thin the metal might be..There are solutions that turn rust back to metal and POR do a plastic coating kit for fuel tanks...Hopefully though yours won't be as bad.

If i remember rightly the passenger side was fairly easy to remove but the driver side needed the exhaust removing and most of the rear suspension..Including driveshafts..