Help with stupid mistake, put water in gas tank

[thekatocat]

Help!! on a costly boneheaded mistake. This weekend I dumped five gallons of extra “gas” in my ’02 G35 coupe MT as it was running on low. Shortly afterwards it stalled. Thinking it was just bad gas I chased it with 4 gal of premium gas.
I disconnected the fuel line from the engine and cranked it about 50 times to get out 3 gallons of mixed fuel. Took it to the dealer and to my chagrin I had put in water.

Now dealer wants to drop the tank, dry it out, change out fuel filter and flush out lines all for $950 dollars. I was planning to trade it in a few months anyway, but I was wondering the likelihood of success versus damage to engine block if I continued to drain the tank using fuel pump (and hooking up external battery so I won’t fry my starter) then dumping in a container of Dry-gas, followed by high octane gas for the next few tankfuls. Of course dealer is trying to scare me into thinking that if water gets into engine I might cause catastrophic engine failure. Just trying to get it running so I'm not underthe gun to trade it in and buy a new car.

I’m not too savvy but willing to put in time and research to reclaim my dignity for such a bone headed mistake. All opinons welcome.

[timmy0257]

Help!! on a costly boneheaded mistake. This weekend I dumped five gallons of extra “gas” in my ’02 G35 coupe MT as it was running on low. Shortly afterwards it stalled. Thinking it was just bad gas I chased it with 4 gal of premium gas.
I disconnected the fuel line from the engine and cranked it about 50 times to get out 3 gallons of mixed fuel. Took it to the dealer and to my chagrin I had put in water.

Now dealer wants to drop the tank, dry it out, change out fuel filter and flush out lines all for $950 dollars. I was planning to trade it in a few months anyway, but I was wondering the likelihood of success versus damage to engine block if I continued to drain the tank using fuel pump (and hooking up external battery so I won’t fry my starter) then dumping in a container of Dry-gas, followed by high octane gas for the next few tankfuls. Of course dealer is trying to scare me into thinking that if water gets into engine I might cause catastrophic engine failure. Just trying to get it running so I'm not underthe gun to trade it in and buy a new car.

I’m not too savvy but willing to put in time and research to reclaim my dignity for such a bone headed mistake. All opinons welcome.

ick. i think the only way would be to keep doing what you are doing, but the tank really does need to dry out.

my dad once pumped Kerosene into an old cummings diesel Dodge truck. he just put a quart of oil into the tank and was good to go. someone had mentioned to him that in the winter time farmers would run kerosene with oil rather than deisel. who woulda thought it. good luck.

[Sentientbydesign]

Clean out the tank as best you can, then fill it up with a full tank of premium (why would you use anything else? *shakes head*). Make sure you change your oil too. Water in oil is no bueno.

[Fezzik]

Clean out the tank. even put a pump in there and suck it out, or open it up from the passenger seat area and access the tank. If you do that. i'd change the filter since you will be there. Also you will probably want a new seal. Easy to do. But this is something you can do. Get out all the liquid in that tank and let it air dry for awhile and then like the previous post put in a full tank of premium and you should be fine.

[Sentientbydesign]

Clean out the tank. even put a pump in there and suck it out, or open it up from the passenger seat area and access the tank. If you do that. i'd change the filter since you will be there. Also you will probably want a new seal. Easy to do. But this is something you can do. Get out all the liquid in that tank and let it air dry for awhile and then like the previous post put in a full tank of premium and you should be fine.

Isn't the filter integrated into the fuel pump?