Re: [DML] Need tank cleaning advice

[Aaron King <floodle@xxxx>]

Eric,

Mark Vanyo and I needed to do pretty much the same thing to my car (vin 1217) 
minus the new fuel pump. I also found rust-like material and a few leaves. 
Not cool. We went to our local auto parts store and got a little hand pump 
and removed all the gas from the tank. We used nitrile gloves (NOT latex, 
they dissolve in gasoline. We learned that very quickly.) and got a towel 
and soaked up the last bit of gas from the tank. Then we just used another 
slightly damp (with water) towel to wipe up all of the crud in the tank. You 
may want to use an abrasive pad or something to get any material that is 
stuck on the bottom of the tank. The technique was just to stick a gloved 
hand with towel into the top of the fuel tank and move it around to try to 
catch all of the debris. It worked surprisingly well. We ended up putting 
the gas back in the tank when we were all finished, since it looked pretty 
gunk-free. If yours looks like it has stuff in it, you probably want to get 
fresh fuel. That's it.

Cheers!

Aaron King
Bothell, WA
vin#1217 (with a crud-free gas tank)
My car is for sale! Check out http://www.floodle.org/car.html


On Saturday 30 March 2002 11:34 am, you wrote:
> Hello group,
>
> I decided to completely restore the items in my gas tank. In my
> arsenal I have a new pump, new hoses, new pickup screen, new boot and
> cover..etc.
>
> I removed the tank baffle and cleaned it. As I began to inspect the
> inside of the tank, I wasn't surprised to find lots of crud at the
> bottom. But I hadn't stop to consider the best way to actually remove
> this flake-like crud. (looks like rust particles, even saw a small
> leaf!)
>
> Anybody got any suggestions that worked for them?
> Thanks
>
> Eric
> Dunedin, FL
> VIN# 5557
> ericp@xxxx
>
>
>
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