jrock4224 Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 so got my 4 dr road worthy headed to the gas station for its initial splurge on go juice... bucked up and used premium ... 10.4 gallons ... mmmmm so hit the free way for the return trip ... mmmmmm 75 in a a/t l16 ...sweet!!!! about three miles in ...fumes ... lol hahahahaha ..wait no cough cough ... holy shit ... muster our way back tot he shop ... wooo hooo im high now....park in the shop ... do another burnout ... this time both wheels ... ohhh whoa ... get out laugh a little ... laugh alot ... open the trunk ... little bit of fuel in there..............step back and shes lifting a leg on the shop floor ... steady stream out the rear passenger floor ... umm shit so we pull the fauz trunk wall out ... welp...we have a issue ... the vent hose is broke off ...so theres the fumes ...but he filler neck ....lol. the lower hose is cracked and dry rotted and leaking like a old colostomy bag....and runnin under the seat on onto the floor where it leaks past the floor plug..... start thrashing a full fuel tank out the trunk .... lol ... dont realize till we are spilling fuel everywhere and laughing still theres a floor plug and drain in the tank ... ... get it out finally and start dumping fuel into 5 gallon containers... phew ... get to the last but of fuel and corn flakes of love come streaming out ... dump he last fuel and look in my super nice tank and holy shit its like the scabs of narnia in there... just shit galore... so my question who has a good procedure for cleaning the inside of the tank out ... i have seen some stuff on line but kinda curious what people are doing on here ... it needs cleaned out there's varnish and flakes of old fuel ... tank sending unit is fubar so it has to be replaced... its a nasty mess. i was so geeked off fumes i didnt take ...pics.... second question .... lower fuse filler hose ... any ideas on a new one or a replacement one ... i seen the write up on the mazda neck and vent system ... but thinking the stock will work ok if i replace the upper burp vent hose and the lower filler one ... think my headache from the fumes is better...... pu the excess fuel in the astro for the trip home .. last 5 gallons is now fire igniter.... lol too crudded up o put through another fuel system ... Quote Link to comment
DanielC Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 There have been several suggestions on DIY cleaning a gas tank, but it is not worth it to me. A good radiator shop should be able to clean it out. I did that with Ratsun. Small fuel hoses, and return lines you can get sizes close enough at an auto parts store. For the filler neck hose, I was abole to try several different sizes of large diameter hose for that. For the medium vent hoses, a marine store has gas approved hose around 5/8 of an inch (16MM) in diameter. Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Check out busta nuts thread. He did a filler hose mod for his also cause he has baaaad fumes too. Quote Link to comment
HOGIE Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 I had my tank acid dipped, came back super clean. I replaced all the rubber hoses w/ .25" rubber line from Knechts, and bent new steel fuel lines. Well shit I guess it only sort of happened because this is the only oic I have. The freshly painted tank reinstalled Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 I gotta clean mine too. I've cleaned it myself twice.. I have two in line filters and there is still shut in the carb. Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 While you have it out replace the cap on the line that is on the bottom front side of the tank, if the filler neck is rotted that plug isn't far behind. Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 the second one near the fuel delivery port? yeah im replacing everything ... and powdercoating the tank ... just get the fucker clean first lol Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 To clean tank, hand full of nuts and bolts, gravel, ball bearings whatever and about a gallon of solvent, then shake the all living hell out of it for about 15 minutes and rinse out will solvent then brake clean. Always works for me, unless the tank is rusty enough and you end up with holes from the violent shaking. And yes, that one, the one that doesn't go to anything but will drain your fuel tank into the passenger compartment and melt all of the tar crap on the floor. Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 To clean tank, hand full of nuts and bolts, gravel, ball bearings whatever and about a gallon of solvent, then shake the all living hell out of it for about 15 minutes and rinse out will solvent then brake clean. Always works for me, unless the tank is rusty enough and you end up with holes from the violent shaking. I did this, but with water.. it got a ton of shit out.. but there are still fine rust particles floating around. Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 yes the sound deadener was s lippery sticky goey mess ... its out side now airing out ...need to figure out a fuel gauge sending unit too Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Is it the sender that is bad it the gauge not working properly? Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 havent diagnosed that .. just ground the lead right ? after seeing the inside of the tank im thinking the sending unit prolly looks like the predator without a mask on Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Pull it out and look at it, just don't fuck up the o-ring Quote Link to comment
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