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Jan 12, 2013 22:36:59 GMT
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OK peeps,Happy New Year to you all!
The fuel tank on my FB victor was left parked up half full for 20 years.The tank is solid without any rust at all on the outside.However the inside is a real mess.It has like some kind of rust/crystallised scum almost a cm thick all over the inside.I thought about putting some rocks the size of golf balls inside it and giving it a good shake to clean it.But was wandering if anyone here has any better ideas.
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rodney
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empty it , then fill it with hot water and washing up liquid, let it soak , get a scouring pad in as much as you can on a stick , rince it all out then put a load of diesel in and let it soak , then hit ih with the scouring pad again , see how that brings it up after another soapy scrub and rince,.
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Oh OK. Would clothes washing powder do the trick? As that will eat anything that is organic.Sadly I cant get into it that much to do the manual scrub but I have pressure washed as much as I can.What do you think about the stones idea?
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Use nuts and bolts of various sizes rather than rocks - they won't leave any debris of their own inside, and if for whatever reason you can't managed to get a few of them out, they won't cause any issues if left in the tank.
I read some bloke lashed his tank to a cement mixer and left it spinning for an hour to save rattling it around himself.
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Broken toughtened glass from broken side window is excellent for scouring the inside of a fuel tank. Dishwasher solution / tablets are great for removing built up grease, gunge or whatever is at the bottom.
Paul h
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Oldbus (ex of this forum) had a brilliant idea of strapping his to the front of a cement mixer, filling it with gravel & leaving for a few hours.
Absolute magic -worked a treat..
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Jan 13, 2013 18:24:49 GMT
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Excellent replies chaps,thanks alot.The cement mixer idea sounds good.When I do it I'll post pics.
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Jan 13, 2013 19:05:07 GMT
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Had similar problems with my old PI.
I used swarfega floor/path degreaser first, shifted some but wasn't man enough really. Used a pressure washer through the filler and gauge holes which worked pretty well on the bits I could get at.
Then mixed up up a fairly concentrated caustic mix (sodium hydroxide - sold in crystalline form as drain cleaner) and tried that. That shifted it! Note that caustic is nasty stuff so overalls, goggles, gloves etc are essential and also it WILL eat aluminium, braze and solder.
I didn't have any rust present - just fossilised hydrocarbon crud.
Nick
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1967 Triumph Vitesse convertible (old friend)
1996 Audi A6 2.5 TDI Avant (still durability testing)
1972 GT6 Mk3 (Restored after loong rest & getting the hang of being a car again)
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