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Lawson Cox · 05-12-2022, 03:44 PM

Just damn. It looks like I'm just gonna have to drop the tank on my pickup and flush it out after all.

Once I get it out, what's the best way to flush it out, just run water in it, through it, rolling tank around good in the process, then drain it good through the neck and set it out in the sun for a few hours and let it dry out?

Other ideas? Can it be done by just running water through it for a couple of hours, bouncing it around a few times during the process, then out into the sun to dry out good? I hate to pull the tank at my tender age, but then I could walk my grandson through it I guess. He's big and strong and takes directions pretty well. LOL

EDIT:

It is dirt and trash from getting alcohol free gas from a little fly by night station a little closer to home than where I usually get it. Tee-nincy stuff. "New" Drake tank, just a few years old. Charlie NY has cleaned out fuel pump and carb twice. No more. Sorry I wasn't more specific about what I need to get out of the tank. Thanks.

05-12-2022, 03:44 PM	#1
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,082	Flushing gas tank Just damn. It looks like I'm just gonna have to drop the tank on my pickup and flush it out after all. Once I get it out, what's the best way to flush it out, just run water in it, through it, rolling tank around good in the process, then drain it good through the neck and set it out in the sun for a few hours and let it dry out? Other ideas? Can it be done by just running water through it for a couple of hours, bouncing it around a few times during the process, then out into the sun to dry out good? I hate to pull the tank at my tender age, but then I could walk my grandson through it I guess. He's big and strong and takes directions pretty well. LOL EDIT: It is dirt and trash from getting alcohol free gas from a little fly by night station a little closer to home than where I usually get it. Tee-nincy stuff. "New" Drake tank, just a few years old. Charlie NY has cleaned out fuel pump and carb twice. No more. Sorry I wasn't more specific about what I need to get out of the tank. Thanks. __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Last edited by Lawson Cox; 05-12-2022 at 06:19 PM.