Plastic in fuel line/tank

Asked by Kes01 Nov 17, 2020 at 11:52 AM about the 2013 Ford Explorer XLT

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I dropped a thin plastic straw down into the
gas line I was trying to clean the fuel fill inlet.
Is that a problem?

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Carpentar answered 4 years ago

The pump has a sock on it so no it will just be in the tank till you eventually replace pump

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