10-30-2019, 11:35 AM | #1 |
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: rancho murieta, ca
Posts: 9
|
gas
what can you use to clean a gas tank of 15 year old gas, varnish.
|
10-30-2019, 11:37 AM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 3,463
|
Re: gas
Fresh gasoline with 15% alcohol
__________________
Bob Bidonde |
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
10-30-2019, 12:00 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: central Arkansas
Posts: 150
|
Re: gas
POR 15 cleaner/degreaser,(formally called marine clean)
|
10-30-2019, 12:13 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Posts: 16,420
|
Re: gas
Drano crystals & water work but be careful mixing and handling. Sodium Hydroxide, or Lye for short, can burn you but it works really well to remove crap from a gas tank without hurting the metal.
|
10-30-2019, 03:20 PM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: New York
Posts: 943
|
Re: gas
I didn't find it difficult to just remove the whole tank, and clean it.
|
10-30-2019, 03:23 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Red Deer, Alberta
Posts: 5,042
|
Re: gas
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
__________________
If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn! |
10-31-2019, 10:43 AM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 2,332
|
Re: gas
When using lye or Drano, is a final flush of baking soda/water needed?
|
10-31-2019, 12:44 PM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Oregon
Posts: 5,959
|
Re: gas
Lye is a Base chemical so baking soda won't help.
|
10-31-2019, 02:04 PM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Posts: 16,420
|
Re: gas
Lye would be diluted by fresh water rinsing. Water can be removed with alcohol, It can rust up with bare metal so it should be either put back into service or sealed to prevent corrosion unless it already has corrosion in there. Lye won't take the corrosion out. It's too bad that the terne plate doesn't last very well but that's what Ford used to seal them with.
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|