Fuel Tank Clensing

[Bob D]

I had to do this once, what a pain.
I took out the tank, put in a few handfuls of clean gravel, a little 
kerosene and shook the hell out of it for a while. Eventually I got the 
inside nice and shiny. Then I coated it with a gas tank coating I got 
from eastwoods (I think), and lived happily ever after.
Bob

Shawn Manny wrote:
> OK, we've been rallycrossing the 4kq project for a few events now and are
> still struggling with some fuel tank issues. In the early stages we removed
> and opened up the tank to remove the crudded up filter sock in the tank.
> Welded back up great..or so we though. After a heart breaking first event
> pump failure due to a clogged fuel filter we have been dilligent on watching
> our filter status (clear 3/8 filter between tank and pump) and not running
> it if it gets packed up. So after a few events of this we thought we were
> good to go. Nope. After 5 runs yesterday (approx. 4 miles) the filter was
> yet again full of rustscale and debris (insert frustration here). Besides
> swapping over to a fuel cell is there ANY way to clean out the inside of the
> tank to remove rust scale? I have searched for a repro fuel tank for the car
> and found nothing. Our junk yard may yield a 4cyl 4k tank, but it may be the
> same inside.
> Im really looking for some tips or ideas on how to get the junk out of the
> tank. Thanks in advance.
>
> Shawn
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