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To line or not to line the fuel tank

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To line or not to line the fuel tank

Post by mixalive » Thu Sep 24, 2015 9:30 am

I have quite a bit of rust in my gas tank. After I remove the rust, should I line the tank? I would use the POR product. Thanks for your opinions.

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Post by DianneB » Thu Sep 24, 2015 10:56 am

POR makes damned good stuff! I have been restoring antique machinery for many years and coat the tanks as a matter of course.

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Re: To line or not to line the fuel tank

Post by G-Man » Thu Sep 24, 2015 11:25 am

I hate the stuff but sometimes it's the last resort. I did an XL250 tank with the POR kit last year and needed some extra de-rusting fluid to properly get rid of the rust. I found that toilet-bowl cleaner worked better than the stuff that came with the kit.

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mixalive wrote:I have quite a bit of rust in my gas tank. After I remove the rust, should I line the tank? I would use the POR product. Thanks for your opinions.
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Post by sdaigle240 » Thu Sep 24, 2015 1:38 pm

There is a write up on electrolysis on this site. I started by filling the tank with aircraft stripper, BBs and small nuts. With a good sealing cap you can swish it around and break free any crud. I wouldn't shake though, might dent. After a few rounds of that (prob 30+ min of swish time) I followed the electrolysis procedure which takes several days. The tank was pretty bad to start and its perfectly clean metal afterwards. Did this to both my tanks with great success.
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Post by G-Man » Thu Sep 24, 2015 2:39 pm

With one of my tanks I filled it up Wih de-rusting solution, bolts and other bits then wrapped it up tightly in foam and put it my cement mixer...

Saves all that tiring shaking and swishing..... :-)

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sdaigle240 wrote:There is a write up on electrolysis on this site. I started by filling the tank with aircraft stripper, BBs and small nuts. With a good sealing cap you can swish it around and break free any crud. I wouldn't shake though, might dent. After a few rounds of that (prob 30+ min of swish time) I followed the electrolysis procedure which takes several days. The tank was pretty bad to start and its perfectly clean metal afterwards. Did this to both my tanks with great success.
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Post by sdaigle240 » Thu Sep 24, 2015 3:44 pm

youre not kidding, i did it over a few days because it was so tiring.
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Post by Goodysnap » Thu Sep 24, 2015 8:04 pm

Vote number 2 for electrolysis method. Worked very well for me but it is time consuming. The bad thing about the sealers is if they fail you have more of a mess than rust to deal with and a virtually unusable tank. I have not used any of the sealers but after the research I decided against it.
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