87 Turbo Coupe Out of Storage

Hello Everyone,

New member here from Nevada, glad I found this forum. I've had a 87 Turbo Coupe stored back in the shop for 8 years. 

We had a hard start, and a fuel starvation problem and one radiator fan would not energize. So I parked it as I didn't have time to troubleshoot. 

Anyway, I needed the room back, so we put it up on the rack yesterday. My son found the "Fuel Pump Diagnostics for the Turbo Coupe" here. Thanks to andrewjs18! Great article BTW. 

We ran the electrical tests, everything was good and and we could hear the pump running in the tank. But not much more than a trickle of fuel at the filter. 

We decided to pull the tank as the old gas needed changing anyway. AS you can see in the pict the fuel hose in the tank looked like it exploded. We bought the car new and at that time they had a fuel additive called MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether) and I suspect that's what damaged the hose. It might be a good idea to just put in a new pump while it's out.. ??

Thanks for the forum!

Welcome!!! I'm also new, a lot of guys here have a lot of knowledge, they have helped me a lot, I'd say go ahead and put a walbro 255 it will make a lot of difference, well that's what I did to mine and now I can do burnouts.. lol

Welcome!!! I'm also new, a lot of guys here have a lot of knowledge, they have helped me a lot, I'd say go ahead and put a walbro 255 it will make a lot of difference, well that's what I did to mine and now I can do burnouts.. lol

Thank You Daniel for the reply! Yes, I think a new fuel pump is the way to go as the tanks out anyway. I have a little brake drag on the left rear for some reason.. Might be in the ABS valving as the E-Brake is working good with plenty of slack.. Might need to look at the caliper as well. Always something when a car has not been used for that long. LOL

That's right lol,, I've been replacing a lot of parts on mine also, next think you know that car is gonna be fully restored lol

Welcome! I have a 1987 junker here and the e-brake levers on that one don't return all the way. If you look at it under the car, you can see that it's not released all the way, and you can just push it with your finger well and truly "off". Just a little too stiff for the spring.