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JPM in WA

05-19-2007 14:00:17




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I found an old fuel tank (aprox. 200 gallons) on my farm that I would like to clean out. It looked a bit rusty inside when I rinsed it out with water. Any ideas? The biggest opening is aprox. 2 inches wide. Can I just flush it out with diesel or some other type of liquid solvent? Is sandblasting an option (I know nothing about sandblasting)? Or is it doomed to the scrap heap?




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JPM in WA

05-21-2007 06:26:36




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 Re: Old Fuel Tank in reply to JPM in WA, 05-19-2007 14:00:17  
I have heard that Bio-Diesel acts as a better "cleaning" solvent than diesel. Anyone else hear that? I would imagine most of the rust problem is at the bottom of the tank (unless it was lying on it's side for years ? ), so it probably will only need 4 or 5 gallons in there to try and clean it up (rock the tank every couple days and then see what drains out??). The cost of bio-diesel is a bit spendy but it may be worth it.

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jddeere

05-20-2007 20:03:02




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 Re: Old Fuel Tank in reply to JPM in WA, 05-19-2007 14:00:17  
I have had similar tanks in the past. A guy told me to use muratic acid and i tried it and it worked really well. just put a gallon or two with water and roll it around and let is set, then dump it out. i would then pour some diesel fuel in and and then work it around then pour it back out. i would do that a couple of times. then make sure u put a filter on it and you should be fine.



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JPM in WA

05-21-2007 06:38:34




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 Re: Old Fuel Tank in reply to jddeere, 05-20-2007 20:03:02  
Thanks jddeere I will try it....



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VaTom

05-20-2007 04:52:12




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 Re: Old Fuel Tank in reply to JPM in WA, 05-19-2007 14:00:17  
Depends, of course, on how rusty.

I recycled a similar 275 gallon tank, with some rust (inside and outside). Rinsed it and started using it, off-road diesel. I did sandblast and paint the outside. Recently drained it after 7 yrs of my use, very little crud and no water came out. Still is rusty inside.

Never a problem for any of my tractors. Just paid $2.18/gal to have it filled.

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dds-inc

05-19-2007 18:20:11




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 Re: Old Fuel Tank in reply to JPM in WA, 05-19-2007 14:00:17  
well, the dude below me has some very very interesting points. You could, however, just flush it out with fuel like you were going to. After that, you might want to run about 30 filters in the pump line!!! In other words, you've got something that may or may not clean up with flushing and filters...



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Rustyj14

05-19-2007 14:14:49




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 Re: Old Fuel Tank in reply to JPM in WA, 05-19-2007 14:00:17  
You've got hold of a hot potato, my friend! Scrap yards usually won't take them, its probably rusty inside, ya can't sand blast them inside, unless you cut it apart, at which point, you'd better tie it to something immovable, because the first spark might just blow off more than yer head! You might get a guy to come and inspect the inside with a "bore-scope" type of tool. I think there is such a tool, for guns, but don't know if there is one for old tanks! Check around-might get lucky!

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