RE: More clogged FP

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Steve writes:
>Then how would you slip the pump through the pickup housing in the tank if
>it had this stuff on it? Whynot  just clean the tank out after you remove
>aqll the junk in way? If you get the fp out, get the pick up housing out
>(remember to index everything), siphon the last of the gas out and then
>with rags or paper towel, try to get all the crap you can.

....  Then re-insert pump, fill with new gas (we use the old for...), shine 
flashlight down access hole, see more silt, btdt.  Look, it's not addressed 
in the TSB, for good reason.  Let it collect in the FF or burn off.  I've 
done this TSB dozens of times, with no ill effects.  The wiping and siphon 
routine I did the very first time, and found no difference in the outcomes 
(vs just removing filter on pump), long or short term.

The wiping of the tank isn't necessary, and there will be more (how do you 
know all the coating is off at any given momemt, you only know you have 
enough to clog the filter) before it's all cleared out, btdt.  I too first 
chased the silt several years ago, figuring the pump should have the filter.  
After the second time cleaning the tank, I decided to just do the TSB and be 
done with it.  

I advocate, the tank drop and wipe is a mess at best, and an EPA and 
phlogistic risk, neither of which changes the outcome of the cause or the fix.

HTH

Scott Justusson