87POSGTA

K, well a while back my first car (87 GTA) went south due to a motor problem so i picked up an 87 trans-am, now the wiring harness was hacked to hell, has a motor from a '72 P/U , no smog or A/C but she ran like a *** damn rocket. its a 355 5/spd. now the thing is my friend & i friend were crusin around about a week after i got it & we were goin uphill & it died. i threw her into neutral started it up again and got about 50ft and she sputtered & died right there on the road. i had her towed to the nearest parking lot which was a pep boys. i had them do the work and they went through 4 pumps thinking they were bad. after the 4th they gave up & handed me the bill (and forgot to put the gas cap back on btw). i got her home drove her for about & hour & the car totally lost power. from just beyond lightly stepping on the pedal i had nothing. After a fuel filter, adjusting the IAC,changing MAF & the TPS from my other car i still had the problem. so i ****ed with the timing & screwed that all up. finally i said **** it & pulled the tank. she had about half an inch of sand/debris in it. needless to say i flushed the tank & put in a new pump/strainer. along with that i said what the hell & threw in the vette injectors i had lying around. when i pulled the rails there was a bit of a residue in the rails collected close to where the rail & injectors mate. im not sure if this is normal or what, now is it possible that debris/sand had gotten past the strainer & filter and into the motor?

mystikkal_69

iTrader: (2)

it's possible for anything to get past a filter. especially when there's a significant amount. i'm pretty certain that the sand did not make it past the injectors.

87POSGTA

well when i pulled the strainer from the fuel pump & ripped it open sand poured out of it. now the filter in the otherhand i didn't open up. so what ur sayin is that the inline filter should of caught it all, right?

TransamGTA350

iTrader: (2)

Between the strainer in the tank, the filter, and the injectors, whatever got into the motor was probably negligible. I wouldn't worry about it.

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89 Transam GTA, 350TPI, auto, 3.27 rear, dual cats, gray.
Magnaflow cat-back,
K&N open element,
Best E.T. 14.63@95mph

87POSGTA

good good good, Im tired of havin my cars crap out on me. for a while there i was really disgusted with the F-body & i had to just let the car sit for about 3 months cause of all the problems. after i snaked one out another would arise & i just couldnt take it. heh, but i got my TPI to stop throwin codes & work properly so now i guess its time to get this car runnin like a raped ape so i can go **** on some Stangs & Imports