jakeishness

i've been looking around on the forums for this one. i think my premix clogged my fuel sock since the engine just started shutting down on hard turns after i put in my premix. cant remember the brand name but it was def not high end (i'm an idiot) any help would be great!

Hypertek

iTrader: (3)

get a new one they are a few bucks and you have the added insurance of knowing its all good.

HotRodMex

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or you can just hit it with some brake cleaner.

HAILERS

I used acetone from the local hardware store.

jakeishness

awesome! thanks alot! since i put up the post the issue has cleared up but just to be safe i think i'm going to replace the sock anyways! thanks for all yer help guys! really appreciate it!

HAILERS

Sock's probably cheaper than the quart can of acetone.

Icemark

$15 for the correct factory replacement Sock at Napa auto parts... so Acetone is cheaper.

jakeishness

so if i were to clean it with acetone should i scrub it, let it soak (if so how long) or both?

cmanns

Uh you just want to get the gunk out of the sock, till its clean :P

I'd put some acetone in a waterbottle and squirt it from the outside in and try to get everything to come out

Go48

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If you're going to the trouble of removing the fuel pump, spend the bucks to get a replacement sock. The pores are so small in that thing that cleaning it is not the best way to go. IMHO, of course.

HAILERS

About my sock: The sock was clear/yellow and not filled with black gunk or whatever. It was in my opinion, more like varnished over. So I had a can of acetone and let it sit overnight in acetone. Then the next morning blew it out with a air hose.

By varnished over, I mean you could lift the pump/sock out of the fuel tank, and the filter/sock would hold the fuel out of the tank and hardly dribble out of the sock.

That's been a couple of yrs now and it's never died of fuel starvation during left hand turns since.

Just changing the sock would be simpler.

zeromage428

14$ at a mazda dealership down the street for a brand new one

NotTTT

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm, Could it be it's not the sock at all causing the stumbling on hard turns but maybe the tank/baffles themselves are FUBAR?

jakeishness

well it only started after i premixed so i doubt its the tank or the baffles. and its starting to clear up and doesnt do it as often

HotRodMex

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I too thought it wasn't possible since to me it was only happening on sharp left turns. When I pulled my pump the tank was pristine inside, and the sock looked fine (really it was a plastic screen cage). I blasted it anyway and the problem went away.

I think the sock can collect varnish-like deposits that hinder fuel flow. This seems like the only explanation to me.

cmanns

Yes the stock sock gets how hailers said.

After I cleaned mine I noticed nothing, sure I could get a new one but mazda is far away and none of the local parts stores had one in stock, screw waiting.

Mine did have some black stuff looked like sand kinda, it also retained TONS of gas when I pulled it out, had to hold it there for quite a bit letting it drain.

danielson

my car would buck like crazy, my fuel pump sock was dark brown and really nasty

jakeishness

just to update i changed my fuel sock with an "airtex" fuel sock i got at advanced auto parts and it was smaller than my stock one but fit perfectly and not only does my car not have that problem with left turns anymore but i was having issues with my car starting without having to pump the gas or hold it down. starts up like a dream and drives like a dream! the old fuel sock was discusting and brown! thanks for the tips guys!