How to clean outside of diesel transfer tank

Scott 730 · Aug 14, 2019

Bought a used tank with a layer of crud built up around the filler cap and down the side of the tank. Engine degreaser from Oreilly's doesn't do anything. Anyone got a trick to cut through a buildup of old diesel fuel?

flying belgian · Aug 14, 2019

Wire wheel?

jeffcat · Aug 14, 2019

Lay some old rags and try pouring some E-85 on it to soak. That stuff will take
a lot of stuff loose.

Tracy Brown · Aug 14, 2019

Oven cleaner, then steam cleaner (or car wash ), the cheap stuff works just fine

showcrop · Aug 14, 2019

2X what tracy said.

Scott 730 · Aug 14, 2019

(quoted from post at 20:09:45 08/14/19) Oven cleaner, then steam cleaner (or car wash ), the cheap stuff works just fine

Thanks! I imagine that would raise he!! with the paint too. I'll try a section and see how that works.

showcrop · Aug 15, 2019

(quoted from post at 19:08:02 08/14/19)

(quoted from post at 20:09:45 08/14/19) Oven cleaner, then steam cleaner (or car wash ), the cheap stuff works just fine

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Thanks! I imagine that would raise he!! with the paint too. I'll try a section and see how that works.

Yes Scott, oven cleaner is hard on the paint. Most tanks that I see are bare aluminum. I agree with the E85 on a big rag, or if you are not comfortable with the risk in that, get a citrus (dlimonene) cleaner. It is a solvent that in itself is not going to attack most paints, but some products with dlimonene also contain high levels of caustic, which is hard on paint.

Scott 730 · Aug 15, 2019

Thanks to everyone for the ideas. I forgot to mention that it is a steel tank.

How to clean outside of diesel transfer tank

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