gas tank cleaning

[delsol]

i have a 30 gal gas tank. any good idea's on how to clean it.

 

[studlymandingo]

Re: gas tank cleaning

What is in it that needs to be cleaned?​

 

[Scout Sport Fish]

Re: gas tank cleaning

My thoughts exactly. There shouldn't be much to clean inside the tank unless is a disel tank thats been sitting for a while. Dont worry about it. Just keep the filters new every year.

 

[delsol]

Re: gas tank cleaning

engines being put in at shop boat sat 5-10 years or so. thats why i wanted to pull tank and clean it the last one i had a leak in it. i could not find a tank the right size. si i filled it with water and a guy charged me 100.00 to weld a nice patch on the alm.
bob
p/s what would you guys do with this 30gal tank

 

[delsol]

Re: gas tank cleaning

bump anyone want to tackle this question

 

[delsol]

Re: gas tank cleaning

must i remove the tank????
thanks bob

 

[studlymandingo]

Re: gas tank cleaning

Is this the tank that was welded?

I would imagine that you would need to pull it in order to properly clean and then dump the cleaner out.​

 

[delsol]

Re: gas tank cleaning

no different tank

 

[delsol]

Re: gas tank cleaning

any help
thanks bob

 

[Chris1956]

Re: gas tank cleaning

Bob, I usually tilt the trailer tongue up and siphon out the lowest part of the tank to get the water out of the tank. If you need further cleaning, you likely will need to pull the tank and toss in some washers, bolts nuts, etc, and swish them around. Now you can drain the dirt out of the tank via the fuel gauge sender.

 

[delsol]

Re: gas tank cleaning

thanks cris