Thanks Gryph. I got to thinking later it was probably much ado about nothing, but I’ve seen some underhanded things done to various vehicles in my experience.
I got some good things done, though— good progress was made today.
First, after reviewing the factory manual (downloaded at this very site!), I got enough of the plastics removed to get the tank off & drained, most of it not on me:
Gawd, old gas stinks.
Is this evidence of leakage worrying to you all?
Knowing what I’ve learned about keeping things sealed up, some designs are chronically bad that way, and I hope this area isn’t.
I then moved on to the injectors with the intention of sending them off to Mr Injector for servicing:
The second from the left seems to have been leaking a while from its seat in the rail. The far right one damn near needed a porta-power to dislodge it from the head.
I guess I’ll have to fab up a fitting for my shop vac to clean around those injector seats— they are really dirty, and I don’t dare touch that area with anything that doesn’t involve suction in some form. I’m letting them dry out for a while, though, let that old fuel evaporate to the extent it’s going to.
So, do I need to replace these?
They look pretty spent.
Found this, also:
Rats.
On to tank disassembly and, well, everything else.