^^^ your plan is exactly what I would do. Knock off some of the little things first and take your time doing it. Otherwise you'll feel overwhelmed. Celebrate the small stuff and that will give you some incentive to start into the bigger stuff.
The old gas can be pumped out in 5 minutes by removing the fuel supply line at the fuel rail, jumping the fuel pump relay and letting the old gas pump out. Replace everything, put in a new fuel filter and fresh gas and you're good to go. I would absolutely do this before starting to diagnose anything else related to poor idling.
I was in your shoes once. My iX arrived in my life as a $400, non-running car on the back of a flatbed. Yes, I had to put some money and a whole lot of time into it, but now I have a fun little winter car that I know inside and out after doing all the work on it.
As the group said, if all you have is surface rust you're way ahead of the rest of us iX'ers.
Good luck!
The old gas can be pumped out in 5 minutes by removing the fuel supply line at the fuel rail, jumping the fuel pump relay and letting the old gas pump out. Replace everything, put in a new fuel filter and fresh gas and you're good to go. I would absolutely do this before starting to diagnose anything else related to poor idling.
I was in your shoes once. My iX arrived in my life as a $400, non-running car on the back of a flatbed. Yes, I had to put some money and a whole lot of time into it, but now I have a fun little winter car that I know inside and out after doing all the work on it.
As the group said, if all you have is surface rust you're way ahead of the rest of us iX'ers.
Good luck!
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