Check your rubber filler pipe up inside the wheel arch, they are a common place for water to enter the petrol tank as most are split or rotten. Could be worth a check espicially as you said you jet washed under that area.
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Mark.
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i had similar prob, the water was getting in through the top of one of the expansion tanks in the wheel arches (the valve on top of the expansion tank had rotted away) so in wet weather the wheel was throwing water up and ended up getting into the petrol tank
Just a thought but, you said it ran better with the jerry can hooked up? was this direct to the lift pump? had you by-passed the fuel filter, mine would run at between 30 and 45 till I changed the filter,
Might be worth a look
Mike
If there's water there's probably a breather pipe off from the reinstall last time and there will be rust in the tank, only way to get it right is tank out rinse drain, took me 12 rinses to get mine clean after someone else left off the breather when disturbing the tank to fit something else. But since then and with all new breather flexis it's been right, prior to that a filter lasted a week before blocking up.
He says he thinks he has water in the tank. just cos it runs crap dont mean the same which is why I asked if the jerry can was bypassing the filters,
I'd want to see/find water before going down the route of tank removal .
Mike
