petrol tank cleaning

[robandsophie]

Hi,

Any ideas what is best to clean out petrol tank. Basically I have stripped all the gunk,etc off the tank and wondering if worth giving a swill around with something to remove any potential debris that may have got in.
Old petrol any good or white spirits, then wash through with water???

Rob

[JOWETTJAVELIN]

Remove the sender unit and stop up the holes after pouring in half a gallon of paraffin and some stones then keep turning it about somehow. Sounds crude but it costs nothing. I suppose a high pressure jetwash would do the same in a fraction of the time.

[Declan_Burns]

Rob,
Some half fill the tank with gravel and strap it on a cement mixer for a few hours before sealing the inside with a tank sealant. I haven't tried it myself.
Regards
Declan

[panky]

Luckily BMC didn't paint the inside of petrol tanks but Rootes did
This is a shot of the inside of a Commer tank, the paint doesn't like modern fuels and it peels off - you can see why we call it snake skin

[robandsophie]

Thanks for advice. ummm... strapping it to a cement mixer! think I will leave that to the professionals. The actual inside of the tank is in really good order. Will give blast through with a pressure washer, let it dry out well and go from there.

[taupe]

Try rinsing with oxalic acid

Taupe