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Old 07-02-2009, 04:22 PM
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Default Re: 2002 Tundra Can you diagnose? Bringing to Dealership

Well, I brought it to the dealers last night and talked to the service manager today. He said that they took a sample of the gas out and it is contaminated i.e. milkey white and he asked me if I wanted to see it....no reason to. My daughter put gas in it about two weeks ago, $10.00 worth. He suggested removing the tank and draining the gas out and going from there. He stated maybe replacing the fuel filter next if that didn't take care of the issue. I said price.....and he said that he had one hrs into it and would require another two hrs of labor~$250.00. He said he would call me back when he found out more. I told him......and it was and is still painfull, to go ahead. I didn't want to drive it home with bad gas in the tank, even though I drove it there.....don't know if any additional damage may occur do to the gas.
My first thought was gas but this isn't the first time that I have left gas in the tank for a month or so with no issues. In the winter I try to keep at least a half tank to prevent condensation in the tank. I'm still not convinced that the bad gas was a product of sitting for 2-3 weeks but I also find it hard to believe that it came from the gas station.
I'll keep eveyone informed of what I find out next.
I decided to push up changing my timing belt.....why wait.
I cleaned the Trottle Body about a year or two ago, installed, but after this I'm going to completely remove it and do a 4.0 job....I even bought the TB gasket.....$26.00 at the dealership....after looking at the gasket, I can see why it's so expensive.
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