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ianm
Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 161 Location: Warwick Qld Australia
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:12 am Post subject: Cleaning out a Petrol tank |
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G'day all, any ideas of how I can clean out a fuel tank of a Series 3 Hillman Estate.
It last had fuel in it 23 years ago so I would think there would be some rust and left over resins from the old fuel.
I was thinking may be steam cleaning or beed blasting
Ian |
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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Some times if you have a slightly rusty tank, it can pay to pop a magnet in the tank, and leave it there, then the rust flakes will be attracted to the magnet, not done it in a car, but seen it done in engines!
Cheers
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Uncle Joe Guest
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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Why not take it to a company that repairs and rebuids car radiators and get them to clean and seal it? |
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Mog
Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 661 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:39 am Post subject: |
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I had a petrol tank repaired once. They boiled it up in a tank of water,with detergent, for a few hours , before doing the repair. The tank was electrically heated. |
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Uncle Joe Guest
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:09 am Post subject: |
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Purely as a point of interest, one of the major car manufacturers did have a recommended standard for cleaning and repairing petrol tanks. |
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michael1912
Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 16
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:33 am Post subject: |
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Hi - I cleaned mine out by shaking with water and small pebbles in it, followed by with "Marine Clean" from Frosts. Seemed to work OK. No carb blockages since. |
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Uncle Joe Guest
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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I was talking to a former garage owner today who told me that this was a common problem here 60 years ago...he explained how he used to clean tanks back then, then lamented that the chemicals are no longer available. His next comment was a killer. How can I be expected to do a good job, if I cant get the proper stuff to do it with?... |
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Mog
Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 661 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:01 am Post subject: |
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Good petrol tanks were made , in the old days, out of tern plated ? steel. It was a high lead/tin plate which stopped the rust. |
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Uncle Joe Guest
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:14 am Post subject: |
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There was a definate decline in quality during and after WW2 due to material shortages. Bit sad really that things never got back to how they were quality wise. |
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