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Artiegee
Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 2 Location: Guernsey
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:13 am Post subject: Filthy petrol tank |
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Hi everyone.
I found this forum whilst searching for information about restoration and am most impressed.
I have just aquired a 1929 Singer Junior that is in quite good condition but it has not been driven for more than 6 miles in the past 8 years. The result is that the inside of the petrol tank is rusty and full of partiicles which continually block the carb. I have tried to swill it through but to no avail. It seems the only answer is to remove the tank and treat it --- but with what?
How does one get the inside of the tank clean please. |
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47Jag
Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 1480 Location: Bothwell, Scotland
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:32 am Post subject: |
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One idea I saw on another forum was to put some gravel and water in the tank and shake. This guys method of shaking was to strap the tank to a small cement mixer and let it spin for an hour or two.
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47p2
Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 2009 Location: Glasgow
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:58 am Post subject: |
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Art,
That was Greeney that used the cement mixer method on this forum
Here is the link _________________ ROVER
One of Britain's Fine Cars |
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PAUL BEAUMONT
Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Posts: 1281 Location: Barnsley S. Yorks
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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I tried nuts and bolts, gravel, broken glass, slosh sealers etc. eventually replaced the tank!!
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47Jag
Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 1480 Location: Bothwell, Scotland
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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John,
So it was. I had the Jaguar forum in mind but wasn't sure. Clever trick nevertheless.
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47p2
Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 2009 Location: Glasgow
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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Gravel isn't good, it breaks up and goes to a mushy paste _________________ ROVER
One of Britain's Fine Cars |
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Mog
Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 661 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:54 am Post subject: |
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Put another fuel filter in the line in a hidden place. |
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Mog
Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 661 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:02 am Post subject: |
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Rust converter has , I think, phosphoric acid in it. This gets rid of the rust without attacking the metal. You could pour some of this in and dilute it. Swirl it around and wait a couple of days. Another thing that I heard was good for removing rust was molasses but you need to let it stand for a week or two.
P.S. My mate Andy had a Singer Junior we went from Brum. to Wales, for a long week- end, in the 60's. I did offer to get out and walk up one of the big hills !!
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Richard H
Joined: 03 Apr 2009 Posts: 2148 Location: Lincolnshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:09 am Post subject: |
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I have a cheap inline filter fitted which I used to replace once a week but am now replacing once every 2-3 months. About £1.50 each from my local spares shop. To fit it just involves cutting a 5 inch section out of the fuel line and securing it with pieces of rubber pipe and jubilee clips. Mine is out of sight under the drivers footwell. _________________ Richard Hughes |
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Mog
Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 661 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:23 am Post subject: |
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Just thinking a little bit more on this problem. In the dim past I had two Landrover petrol tanks repaired. What they did before starting work was to put the tank into a large bath of boiling water. It was completely submerged . I don't know what was in the boiling water, but I would guess it was detergent and perhaps something caustic. Boil for an hour or two and you could have a clean tank !! |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22477 Location: UK
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PAUL BEAUMONT
Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Posts: 1281 Location: Barnsley S. Yorks
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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Mog, I suspect that the bioling water and detergent were to get rid of the fuel as going anywhere near a petrol tan with a naked flame, without thoroughly cleaning it first could be severely injurious to health!!
Rick is right, Frost and a few others do what I referred to earlier as slosh sealers. You pour some inside and slosh it around and it is supposed to coat the inside of the tank and seal up the crud. I was lucky, dropped on a near perfect s/h tank, but I spent a year suffering fuel line blockages etc. I got so I could remove the tank in my sleep!
Good luck.
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Richard H
Joined: 03 Apr 2009 Posts: 2148 Location: Lincolnshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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I have heard bad things about some of the products that are supposed to seal tanks, I'm not saying Frost's product is no good, but I've heard tales of the coating peeling off after a few years and completely blocking fuel lines etc _________________ Richard Hughes |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22477 Location: UK
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Jim.Walker
Joined: 27 Dec 2008 Posts: 1229 Location: Chesterfield
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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All these desperate remedies! As I've posted before, my remedy (25 YEARS ago) was to hang a magnet inside the tank, removing it fairly frequently at first to wipe off the accumulated rust scale. That quickly became when I thought about it and after a month was no longer necessary. As a tank will not rust unless left empty of fuel I have had no further trouble for 24 years and 11 months! AND I have no filters in the line.
Just done the same on my son's classic car. No problems now. _________________ Quote from my late Dad:- You only need a woman and a car and you have all the problems you
are ever likely to want". Computers had not been invented then! |
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