![]() Once you successfully clean the rust out of your tank you will feel great knowing you completed the work on your bike! Removing and assessing the tank: You may have to do that area twice.ĮR is about $28/gal.pretty much any auto parts/hardware store, prolly even Walmart.Cleaning out the rust from your motorcycle tank does not sound like the most exciting task to complete on your bike but to extend the life of your motorcycle it just needs to get done! You may not know where to start, but don’t worry we’ll explain. The largest accumulation of formed rust will be in the "well" surrounding the fuel pump. If you're in a dry (arid) environment, you may not have to do anything to the tank other than keep it open so it dries thoroughly, then cap it. Fog it with WD or some dedicated fogger or apply some other coating that prevents oxygen from contacting the bare metal. If not mounting, do whatever needs to be done to prevent surface rust from forming. At this point, you may want to mount the tank back on to the bike, make all your connections and fill it with gas. Drain the ER back into its original container and save for future projects. Dump the whole gallon in, day later, flip/rotate the tank, each day, continue flipping and/or rotating the tank until all interior surfaces have been exposed to the ER for ~ 24 hours. I had a Vortex cap when I did mine.the inside of the cap isn't as shiny as it used to be, no big deal, the threads still work smoothly and the o-ring seals unfalteringly. It is a citric-based acid so it may attack the aluminum in an aftermarket tank cap but it's not gonna hurt your OEM gas cap or fuel pump. So, unless you're banging your truck through the boonies, just change the filter.there's a maintenance schedule for doing so.ĮvapoRust works, safely. Mad off road session, sediment in tank (where did it come from and why does it look like rust scale?) shakes loose, blows through the filter and starts to clog the injectors. They come with a filter(s) for precisely this issue - contaminants introduced into the fuel supply.Ĭase in point: Jeep Cherokee, plastic fuel tank, always filled from the pump at gas stations. I guaranty there's more crap and sediment in your truck's tank than what you dumped in from the bike's tank. Good luck, I dont think you will have a problem with metalrescue or others like it, but I would be careful anyway. If you feel you need to line the tank, I've always used "RedKote", but there are alot of options.Most of them are BAD on paint. When dumping it out, have the wash bucket handy again, and wash it. Seal the cap (or not), and set it somewhere where the cap is not "wet", and let it set as long as needed.naturally plug any holes needed other than the cap (vent if not in cap, etc).I'd set it on a towel or paper so if its leaking you will see it. THEN fill the tank with metalrescue (I'd dilute, saves $ but costs time). Maybe rinse the tank to get any floater debris out of it with Gas?.then wash paint.?.or use same idea with metalrescue, then wash paint.?.I'm not sure of your petcock situation (vac, manual), but you could minimize paint exposure by draining it from the petcock?.may take awhile, but would minimize paint exposure. If you have to do that, it changes my replys. Most of my vintage stuff the tanks are pretty bad, and require some "aggregate" like nuts and screws, and then I do the dance with it.I also use a more aggressive acid there, mostly because its stronger and cheaper than metalrescue. Basically that product would have to be worse for your paint than gas (overflow situation).I dont think thats likely, but remotely possibly I guess. On the tank and its paint, I dont think those water based products would be a major issue with paint, but i'd probably have a wash bucket handy anyway if the paint is that nice. Also, You may be able to minimize the chances of a problem by topping off at 1/2 full.Going to Empty would increase the chances of a problem. If before this tankfull is gone you have an issue, I'd change the filter. I would assume your truck has a fuel filtering system of some kind. ![]() Click to expand.I need to quantify both of these replys by saying, not knowing the severity of the corrosion its hard to guess.
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