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Sand in Gas Tank #1501948 09/15/13 07:33 PM 09/15/13 07:33 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 476 Mount Airy, Maryland S scrag OP mopar
scrag OP mopar S Joined: May 2005 Posts: 476 Mount Airy, Maryland	Greetings - my son's 68 Dart has had someone pour sand into the tank. It has likely been in there for a while as the car has sat for a couple of years and the car has a locking gas cap. My son has recently been back and has driven it while attending Coast Guard School in Yorktown VA. Attached is what the fuel filter looks like. We replaced the fuel pick up when I was stationed out in Hawaii back in 2011. So.....I am working with a time constraint (has to be fixed in a day 2 at most) do I replace the tank and???? Do I drop it and flush the tank (I can not air dry it out over night)....I have not dealt with this before and I get some advice first. Thanks. 7853218-IMG_0664.JPG (43 downloads)

Re: Sand in Gas Tank [Re: scrag] #1501949 09/15/13 07:56 PM 09/15/13 07:56 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 12,291 Kent, Wa 340SHORTY Truck Nut
340SHORTY Truck Nut Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 12,291 Kent, Wa	Pull the tank and flush it. Rinse with some gas or diesel and reinstall... Flush the lins and consider a new fuel pump.. The sand will wear out the diaphram.. Hope he enjoys Yorktown. I went through EN training in the eary 70s... I am truckless..

Re: Sand in Gas Tank [Re: 340SHORTY] #1501950 09/15/13 08:00 PM 09/15/13 08:00 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 7,664 IN A ahy master
ahy master A Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 7,664 IN	To dry the tank fast after flushing with water, add a quart or so of denatured alcohol. Shake around and dump. Repeat one more time and it should be good to go. The little bit of alcohol left in won't hurt anything.

Re: Sand in Gas Tank [Re: scrag] #1501951 09/15/13 08:24 PM 09/15/13 08:24 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio Challenger 1 Too Many Posts
Challenger 1 Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio	Looks like rust to me, I bet you are hearing rust, not sand. Time for a new tank.

Re: Sand in Gas Tank [Re: Challenger 1] #1501952 09/15/13 09:59 PM 09/15/13 09:59 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska	X2 on the new tank. It'll stop ALOT of future problems. Plus you're on a time constraint. live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

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