Jhford/kerrville
 

A friends fuel system on his seldom used 31 Tudor is clogged with a Jelly-like goo. No flow from his tank even with a little air pressure applied to it. Does he have to Remove the tank or is there some Magic Bullet solvent that will clean it out?
Thanks

Re: Jhford/kerrville
 

removal of tank is a major undertaking, suggest a morning spent flushing it with fuel, agitating fuel in tank with airline into it , syphoning it out, repeat, back pressure through fuel line with airline , flush, repeat, start again repeat etc etc, do it outside and no smoking!

Re: Jhford/kerrville
 

Re: Jhford/kerrville
 

you'll get more responses if you change the title of your thread to 'problems with gas tank' or something similar instead of using you username as the title.

The tank was probably sealed at some point by a well-meaning but mis-directed person and the alcohol in the fuel has eaten away at the sealer, loosened it, and made a mess inside the tank. Sealer should be avoided as long as there is gasahol around. Alcohol is close to being a universal solvent, and dissolves way more stuff than gasoline ever could

Re: Jhford/kerrville
 

I would do as John just said. You could use lacquer thinner, or E-85 to help dissolve the crap in the tank. Let it soak for a few hours, then rock the car side to side and drain through a cloth into a bucket. Once drained dump the strained liquid back in and repeat the process until it's clean inside.