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Cleaning Fuel Tank

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JasonA

04-17-2005 18:51:29




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What is the best method for cleaning out a fuel tank that has been sitting nearly dry for years. I put some fuel in it but there's a lot of flakes coming out of it. I know they sell bottles of some acid etching for motorcycle tanks, but those bottles won't cover the size of a W6 tank. Anyone know where to buy larger bottles of it? Or is there another way I could get the tank clean? Thanks for any help you could give me.

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chvet73

04-18-2005 09:09:33




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 Re: Cleaning Fuel Tank in reply to JasonA, 04-17-2005 18:51:29  
Buy the kit from Eastwood. Takes care of all the steps at once.



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RustyFarmall

04-18-2005 06:08:30




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 Re: Cleaning Fuel Tank in reply to JasonA, 04-17-2005 18:51:29  
A w-6 tank has a baffle in it, the chain trick won't work because the chain will not get behind the baffle, and if it does, it will be there forever because you can't get it back out. Likewise the nuts and bolts, actually worse because they will wedge under the baffle and become permanently lodged. The only way I have found to clean a tank properly is with muriatic acid. If you are not comfortable using this stuff, take the tank to a rediator shop.

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Wild Bill

04-18-2005 05:34:34




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 Re: Cleaning Fuel Tank in reply to JasonA, 04-17-2005 18:51:29  
Put a couple of pieces of chain in the tank and drag it around the yard in a radio flyer waggon. Chain is easier to get out than nuts and bolts.



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Don L C

04-17-2005 19:31:44




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 Re: Cleaning Fuel Tank in reply to JasonA, 04-17-2005 18:51:29  
Jason, you have got a ton of rust in that tank....Put about 2 or 3 coffee cans of nuts and bolts in the tank----the nuts work best....
strap the tank to the side of a tractor wheel and slowly drive around,until the tank is clean....you may want to seal the inside with a sealer.....



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