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Re: Fuel Tank
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#2470898
03/23/18 12:01 PM
03/23/18 12:01 PM
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Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 3,380 St. Charles, MO
wingman
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St. Charles, MO
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If it was me and I was planning on dropping the tank anyway, I would just remove the sending unit and do a visual inspection through the hole.
Maybe replace the sock on the sending unit?
If it looks clean and doesn't leak I wouldn't worry about it much.
1969 Dodge Coronet Super Bee 383 A4 1970 Plymouth Road Runner 440 FC7 (sold)
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Re: Fuel Tank
[Re: TOMRR]
#2470913
03/23/18 12:52 PM
03/23/18 12:52 PM
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Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska
RapidRobert
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Lincoln Nebraska
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take it to a car wash & blast it out with the wand, their soap then rinse then take it home & set it on sawhorses above a heater to quickly dry the water droplets. then as said a good visual/replace the sock (toss it/use aftermarket filter in some apps). I'm assuming your sender reads correct. I'd prep/paint or coat the outside & no opinion if an inside pourable coating is a good move (if so it'd have to be done right so no flaking). If any doubt I would get a new Spectra (Canada) tank & there was something about counterfeit Spectras but tanks are pretty trouble free.
live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth
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Re: Fuel Tank
[Re: TOMRR]
#2470926
03/23/18 01:26 PM
03/23/18 01:26 PM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 18,582 Rust Belt, SW PA
Silver70
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I Live Here
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Rust Belt, SW PA
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Unless it sat with old gas in it for years, I wouldn't even worry about it.
68 Road Runner, 69 Belvedere, 71 Challenger Vert 340 barracuda, 01 Ram CTD, 95 Ram, 04 Ram, 85 Daytona turbo Z 66 GTO, 06 Magnum RT AWD. 07 Ram CTD, 07 Ram
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Re: Fuel Tank
[Re: TOMRR]
#2471542
03/24/18 09:25 PM
03/24/18 09:25 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 957 Chicago
PurpleBeeper
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Chicago
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Rapid's idea isn't bad and if you follow it up with Scott's idea, the acetone will remove the water for you. Acetone is about as explosive as gasoline so do be careful. An old-school trick I use is to put a large magnet at the low spot of my gas tank, so if there's any free metal (aka rust or whatever) it gets held in one spot and doesn't get sucked up by the fuel pump.
70 Roadrunner convt. street car
440+6, NOS, 4-spd, SS springs
'96 Mustang GT convt. street car
'04 4.6 SOHC, NOS, auto, lowered
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