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Bob

07-26-2003 14:43:15




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Anyone have a good method to clean out a gas tank on the tractor. It's a 2500 international with saddle tanks, so it's not the easiest job to take off the machine. I thought about just removing the valve assembly at the bottom of the tank and agitating the gas in the tank as it drains out so any dirt or rust will be suspended and drain out.
what do you think?




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John in IN

07-27-2003 06:43:42




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 Re: Dirty gas tank in reply to Bob, 07-26-2003 14:43:15  
I had a sediment problem on my Aliis-Chalmers once. After cleaning the tank , take the sediment bowl and add a piece(1" length) of brake tubing or any other tubing to the inlet. on mine it was a press fit. If not, may want to solder it. What this does is you are not picking up fuel from the bottom of the tank where the dirt settles. Another good practice is to fuel it up when the tractor does't have to be used right away, (before its put away etc) to allow the sediment to settle at the bottom.

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Bob

06-20-2004 19:32:37




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 Re: Re: Dirty gas tank in reply to John in IN, 07-27-2003 06:43:42  
I have an Oliver 770 (gravity fed) that would cut off for no apparent reason at odd intervals and would kill a battery every time trying to start it.. Plus it would foul the plugs all the time. Turned out it was because of 40 or fifty years worth of crap swirling around in the gas tank. Filled and drained the tank about five times and was STILL seeing red mud.
So ... I took the glass bowl and all the metal line from the bottom of the gas tank to the carb off and set it aside. Went to NAPA and got regular rubber gas line (5/8" ?),a cheap inline plastic fuel filter, some small hose clamps. Went to the plumbing store and got some fittings, a valve, and a roll of teflon tape. I tefloned the gas tank's fitting's threads and installed them,installed the carb fittings,the fuel filter inline first after the tank (the valve right after the filter), put the line on and put the small hose clamps in the proper places. That tractor used to be notoriously hard to start. Results: I haven't run it since last October. Started it this week ( June). It hit on the first key turn and hasn't missed a stroke yet. The new system has been in place for four years; I haven't had to clean a plug since. It always starts first time every time now.

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bob

07-27-2003 05:08:10




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 Re: Dirty gas tank in reply to Bob, 07-26-2003 14:43:15  
I just got done doing a 444 and i took sediment bulb off and ran water in it and shook it drained and filled half full and same as before did about four times also using low air . I didn,t use any soap tho but tractor ran perfect while on baler and that should have loosened any sediment with the bouncing. good luck bob ia



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or maybe this

07-26-2003 19:33:41




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 Re: Dirty gas tank in reply to Bob, 07-26-2003 14:43:15  
I would shut off one side or pull the line and plug it. Now wash out that side with copeous amounts of water and a good de greasing soap. I like ORVUS available at your farm supply house but keep in mind a very little goes a long way. Obviously you cant shake it around but you can fill it half way and use the tractor. Several quick stops will agitate it plenty. After that a long rinse will be needed. You might want to flush from the bottom through the fuel petcock so lighter particulate will flush out the filler cap first. Next I blew into my tank with low pressure compressed air for awhile to help shorten the dry time. Finally, I filled the tank again and added some methanol (heet) or some type of fuel system drier to catch any remaining water. Ran that once or twice and cleaned out my sediment bowl a few times after that and it took care of my problem. You may want to repeat the wash rinse steps to be sure you get as much as possible. After you get one side done, go to the other side. Good luck

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here, try this

07-27-2003 04:50:35




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 Re: Re: Dirty gas tank in reply to or maybe this, 07-26-2003 19:33:41  
yes, i've done that. Water is good for a lot of things.



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here, try this

07-26-2003 17:55:33




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 Re: Dirty gas tank in reply to Bob, 07-26-2003 14:43:15  
depends what kind of gunk you are trying to remove but sometimes I drop a rag in the tank and worry it around with a stick for a while. might take 2 or 3 rags to get it sopped up.



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