Cheap easy fix for gas tank floaties

old · Sep 15, 2018

So I was trying to bale some hay today and my Oliver S88 kept running poorly. Gas flow was slow. I drained the tank and looked in side and found it had what looked like a couple of dead moths and some other suck stuff. Pull the sediment bowl assembly off and found it did not have a stand pipe so it was taking in gas from the very bottom of the tank. I know there was no way I was going to get that stuff out and still bale hay today. So I looked in my carb parts fridge and found a piece of fuel pipe that would almost fit into the top of the sediment bowl assembly. I cut a piece of it about 3/4 of an inch long polished it up on the wire wheel and then tapped it into the sediment bowl assembly put it back on put 4 gal of gas in and that fixed the problem. So maybe this will help some one else down the line

Charlie M · Sep 15, 2018

I've done that on 2 of my tractors. Works good. I saw somewhere there is a screen you can buy and insert the same way.

showcrop · Sep 15, 2018

I have never gotten crud in any of my gas or fuel tanks, but one diesel had a load of dirt and slime, and another had a lot of just silty mud type stuff. I cleaned them both out when I got them by siphoning fuel out. Ever since I just change filters.

Repski65706 · Sep 15, 2018

I have used these on more than one sediment bowl, work great!

old · Sep 15, 2018

Up till this summer the tank on this S88 has always been nice and clean. Not sure where or how a moth got in but it is there and no way to pull it out since it just breaks up more

Ozlander · Sep 15, 2018

Probably left a gas can open and the moths flew in.

old · Sep 15, 2018

I never leave a gas can open but I do have a couple that have open spouts on them with no way to cap them off but when I fill them I look first then fill

Olliejunkie · Sep 15, 2018

I have put copper standpipes in mine. I usually drill some small holes in them so can get all the fuel out. I know you can buy them but I'm 10 miles from town. Last one I did I pulled the tank and cleaned. Put a new sediment bowl on it. It had a small inlet that would catch junk so I drilled it out hoping that the small stuff will make it to the sediment bowl.

old · Sep 15, 2018

Today was one of those days where I had hay down and raked and needed to get it baled and going to town would have made it so I would have had to wait till tomorrow to bale the hay so I would have had to rake it again. On this S88 the area where the sediment bowl is sit a good ways forward In the tank so hard to even see let alone get to any thing that is in there

47fivewindow · Sep 15, 2018

That filter is the fix. Every tank full siphon the rust off the bottom. Soon it will stay clear.
Beware, others will see the half inch of fuel in the bottom an will not be able to figure out why it
won't run.

TomA in CA · Sep 15, 2018

I put standpipes in all my gas tanks. I used to make a sock out of filter screen but can't find it anymore. Now I use those screens from YT. This way the whole tank becomes the filter bowl, the idea is to drain it every few years and get rid of any water and sediment.

JMS/.MN · Sep 15, 2018

I have a selection of small diameter plastic tubing, and just cut off an inch of the correct size and push it into the sediment bulb fitting. Granted, screen may work better, but just not drawing from the bottom of the tank works fine.

SVcummins · Sep 16, 2018

That sounds like a good idea . My tractors have a stand pipe in the fuel tank from the factory it sure helps keep any junk or sediment that might get in the tank out of the fuel system

ss55 · Sep 16, 2018

A stand pipe is a good idea.

The gas tank on your S88 is not more than a foot and a half deep. An inexpensive siphon can be used to pull out most of the small crap floating and at the bottom of a gas tank. Siphons like this are available at most farm and hardware stores:

www.amazon.com/TRDP14-Siphon-Manual-Liquid-Transfer/dp/B00APU2YLI/ref=pd_sim_263_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00APU2YLI&pd_rd_r=75f4a39a-b996-11e8-940e-2fb2dccbe537&pd_rd_w=TjyWN&pd_rd_wg=ZaW6r&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=56838e6b-66d4-41e0-a762-743f1a1a628a&pf_rd_r=T648PG07R10FJ42GYJ6A&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=T648PG07R10FJ42GYJ6A

showcrop · Sep 16, 2018

(quoted from post at 03:26:33 09/16/18) A stand pipe is a good idea.

The gas tank on your S88 is not more than a foot and a half deep. An inexpensive siphon can be used to pull out most of the small crap floating and at the bottom of a gas tank. Siphons like this are available at most farm and hardware stores:

www.amazon.com/TRDP14-Siphon-Manual-Liquid-Transfer/dp/B00APU2YLI/ref=pd_sim_263_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00APU2YLI&pd_rd_r=75f4a39a-b996-11e8-940e-2fb2dccbe537&pd_rd_w=TjyWN&pd_rd_wg=ZaW6r&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=56838e6b-66d4-41e0-a762-743f1a1a628a&pf_rd_r=T648PG07R10FJ42GYJ6A&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=T648PG07R10FJ42GYJ6A

That is exactly what I use. It sure has gone up in price though since I got mine.

Geo-TH,In · Sep 16, 2018

Old,
My sediment bowl has a standpipe. The Standpipe only works if I turn the on/off gas valve 2 turns. Then when I run out of gas, I can turn the on/off gas valve more turns and use the fuel on the bottom of the tank. That's the reserve gas.

I recall many old honda 305 had the same thing. Turn the valve one way used gas off the top of tank. Then turn valve another way to use reserve gas in tank.

dpendzic · Sep 16, 2018

All my ATV's, snowmobilies . and motorcycles have that feature

Case Nutty 1660 · Sep 16, 2018

I have done the same myself,, but I did find that you get a layer of bad "stuck" at the bottom,, much of it is what you want to drain out,, to solve this I started making the stand pipe out of sediment bowl screens, couple drops of solider holds it in the shape you need and then to hold it in place,, this lets all drain out other than the "plugging" items,, a simple but yet very effective solution to this very irritating issue we run into
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Dean · Sep 16, 2018

So do most vintage gasoline powered tractors.

Problem is the small unfiltered reserve hole is nearly always plugged with debris.

Dean

Geo-TH,In · Sep 16, 2018

Dean,
I think my sediment bowl has a screen over the standup pipe and the reserve hold. I installed both a new sediment bowl and a new gas tank about 10 years ago. Mine works fine, just had to use it use reserve 2 days ago while mowing yard. I think my bowl also has a second screen inside bowl.

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