threads
Page 1 of 1
Mini Truckin General \  cleaning gas tank

cleaning gas tank

Mini Truckin General General Discussions
views 116
replies 6
following 6
 
Tacon19s   +1y
The tank has been sitting for 3 years with no gas in it. The fuel pump has been out of it occasionaly also. Gonna be firing the truck up in a couple weeks and need to know the best way to clean it out to be ready for fresh gas....thanks
cap10rob   +1y
Glad you posted this, I am in the same boat with my 67. It has been sitting for 4 years, and there is no gas left. I plan to lock myself in my garage for a weekend and get it running this spring.
simple-pleasurez   +1y
take it to a radator shop and have them boil it.
oneup   +1y
Or go to your local hardware store and get some muriatic acid just swish it around for a few seconds and spray it out real good it will eat it all away make sure you get all the water out when you rinse it though best way to be sure is to use an air chuck to spray it out after you rinse the muriatic out. Just to warn you though they may think your cooking meth.
bodydropped85   +1y
if its not rusty, wash it out w/ acetone. i would use this oppurtunity to use the POR 15 gas tank sealer kit, which comes w/ a prewash and sealer so itll be jam up jelly tite.
Tacon19s   +1y
Edited: 2/19/2008 7:35:48 AM by Tacon19s

sealer as in seals up all the inside surface of the tank?
dan48p   +1y
yea the stuff in mine looks kinda like a red rubbery type stuff...

the radiator shop i used charged 60 bucks to clean it and seal it so for that i didn't want to dick with it.

but the one i'm using was sitting in a junkyard for a few years and stunk... it was so nasty in there the sending unit rusted in half
Page 1 of 1