| Author | Message | ||
     Citgo |
Anyone have some tips on cleaning sediment out of the tank? | ||
| Normthenomad |
Sheet metal screws and shake it a lot.If you're single you can put sheet metal screws in it wrap it well in something soft and put it in the drier on "fluff". I've done it and works pretty good. | ||
| Normthenomad |
Sheet metal or drywall screws and shake it a lot. If you're single use screws, wrap it in something soft like a heavy quilt and put it in the drier for an hour on the "fluff", no heat cycle. | ||
| Stonemaster |
on a fiberglass tank ??? | ||
| Citgo |
The tank for my S1 just has sediment and particles floating around | ||
| Normthenomad |
Doesn't seem to bother them, (fiber glass tanks). Did an M2 tank that had some unidentifiable sludge about 1/2" deep in the bottom. It had lain outside behind a garage for at least 3 years, Tried MEK and everything else except acetone to break it loose. Got the tank for free so didn't have anything to lose. It worked just fine. | ||
| Screamer |
Buell Tubeframe tanks are a type of nylon material. The only fiberglass tanks were the 1992 and earlier models. | ||
| Stonemaster |
I stand corrected ...HOWEVER ... same point, the only time u use screws nuts or whatever in a tank is if its a metal tank, with rust... comprende??? | ||
| Stonemaster |
i flush with water first and then acetone , rinse repeat, no problem, blast some air in it to dry it out | ||
| Screamer |
Jeff, I don’t know if the “comprende” was meant for me. If the tanks were fiberglass, I wouldn’t put anything made of metal inside and shake - there could be a risk of fracturing the interior’s gel coat. With the nylon tanks, however, other than potential damage to the fuel valve components, the tank itself is unlikely to be damaged - that was my reason for clarifying the material used for the tanks. Removing rust (by using screws, nuts or whatever) is not the only time to use that method. We used that method often, years ago, to remove the popular Tank Creme coatings that had failed. I haven’t experienced a nylon tank with heavy sludge, but I imagine adding “agitating material” and shaking, would be a possible solution. | ||
| Stonemaster |
agreed that Creme shit was and is terrible, heavy sludge ???? not seen it in a " non-metal" tank HOWEVER it's possibly happenend | ||
| Stonemaster |
the comprende didnt mean anything really, yo hablo espanol | ||
| Normthenomad |
As I said, it was a found tank.No cap no petcock sitting outside for 3 years or more. Had nothing to lose. It worked and the tank was useable. Just shaking the tank with the screws didn't seem to do any harm. Would I do it on a tank with floaties in it, no. | ||
| Citgo |
Got it all clean I just removed the peacock drained the fuel and then took one of those spring loaded grabbing tools for hard to reach places, picked a heavy duty paper towel with it and wiped it all around the tank until it came out clean | ||
| Kc_zombie |
"Got it all clean" NOICE!  (Message edited by kc_zombie on June 03, 2021) |
