barracuda217

1992 Toyota pickup 4 x 4 22RE 5 gal of water in fuel tank and ran it till it died. Siphoned the tank dry put clean fuel in and drove it home sputtering jerking dying at full throttle but idles fine. got home drained the fuel tank blew out filter put in good fuel and it still runs just the same. ?? is it water still in fuel lines ?? Fuel pressure low or dirty mass air flow
sensor dirty from backfire

gsp4life

Since you had your injectors spraying water into the combustion chamber until it quit running, there's a slight possibility you have a bent valve. Run a compression test and then test again with a shot of oil in each cylinder to help separate top end vs bottom end compression losses.

Btw, how did you manage to get 5 gallons of water into the gas tank?

gsp4life

I thought about it for a minute and remembered this stuff called "Heet" that I used to burn in penny alcohol stoves for camping. It's actual purpose it to remove water in fuel systems. Give it a shot, it's cheap and been sold for a long time for the exact problem you're having. There could still be water in there, especially if you didn't let the tank dry after siphoning, same with the fuel lines.

scope103

Water is heavier than gasoline, so it sits in the bottom of low spots in the line and doesn't get "flushed" out through the engine. Heet is Methyl Alcohol (yeah, you could use the real Methyl Alcohol from the paint store, but Heet isn't that expensive). Methyl Alcohol is miscible in water, which means it dissolves into the water and helps it get flushed through the system.

So, yeah, I would try that. And it sure wouldn't hurt to replace the fuel filter (you can't "blow it out"). The water may have partially dissolved some water-soluble gunk sitting innocently in the fuel system for years, and the fuel filter would have done its job and tried to grab it.

Last, whenever you run muck through the fuel system, there is always the small possibility it made it all the way to the injectors. The inlet to the injector has a small screen (replaceable) that can get clogged.

wyoming9

iTrader: (1)

We never did hear just how this happened ??

Working on a water fueled engine had a little issue with breaking it down to hydrogen and oxygen ??

scope103

if a little works, more should be better.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_injection_(engine)

dropzone

iTrader: (6)

i tried to see how well VW Baja would float in high school. It sunk,
recovered it, drained all the fluids, refilled tank with one gallon on IPA (isopropryl alchohol) and gas, it was running an hour later

so did you fill it from a hose bib at your house?

ksti

lifeinajug

Guessing someone put water in a fuel canister...

scope103

Could be (a lot) worse; gasoline in a water container.

gsp4life

Ah, so the OP had a vengeful ex. My guess was he woke up a little foggy one morning, grabbed the garden hose to top off before heading to work.

Prafeston

Impressive. PO too embarrassed to come back?