hello guys, i just purchased a 10th Ae model FC, i bought the car without an engine, and the previous owner said it had been sitting for 3 years.

i have one huge concern as of now and that is the fuel lines and how to get rid of the old fuel.

Anything else i should look into before thinking about getting the motor?

Im located in Socal and most likely will be taking the car to mazdatrix for the motor. That being said i want to do as much work as i can so i can keep the cost down for the motor.

Any help will be appreciated and i will have pics as soon as it stops raining and i can get some shots. thanks!!

agustin

 

Well you would need to drain the old tank then probably get a new pump and fuel sock, new fuel filter. Then you would fill the old tank up with new gas and run the pump to push the fuel through the lines till you feel you got the old gunk out. At least that was how I did mine and my 10th AE sat for a lot longer than 3 years.

 

^ did the ame thing but went one step further and removed and cleaned out my gas tank ( old oil and gas build up is long removal process)

 

Many radiator shops will "boil out" a gas tank and reseal it for a reasonable fee.
Once the tank is out of the car it'd be an easy job to simply replace all the hard and soft lines.
A new pump may or may not be necessary but it's readily accessible with the tank in place.

Spend as much time as necessary cleaning/detailing the engine bay...it's never going to be as simple as it is now with no engine.
Go ahead and completely flush the brake system...brake fluid doesn't do well sitting either.

 

thanks alot guys. yeah im gonna clean and take as much time as i need to do this right.

keep them coming, im gonna be doing alot of reading and catching up on the rotaries.

 

Go ahead and replace your brake master cylinder and your clutch master and slave and save yourself a headache later. They are both probably contaminated with water and when you bleed them out with fresh fluid, the water will leach out of the seals into the new fluid and shrink them. Obviously, they won't seal right after that. I found this out the hard way when i bought mine.