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AzzA1990
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PostPosted: 20:04 - 04 May 2014    Post subject: What on earth is this that has come out of my petrol tank? Reply with quote
Took the fuel tank of my bike today and emptied the fuel into a bucket and all of this crap has come out with it

No idea what it is, can petrol do this over time? or has someone previously tried to repair a leak? the tank is 34 years old

Has anyone ever seen anything like this before?
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Islander
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PostPosted: 20:23 - 04 May 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Probably the remains of the tank liner.
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69chris
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PostPosted: 20:23 - 04 May 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
yep looks like tank sealer thats had enough, my old gs1000 was the same Thumbs Up
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davebike
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PostPosted: 05:51 - 05 May 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Old petseal ig not ethonal proof!

Clean tank really carefully it desolves in modern fuel if it resets in the carbs during a period of non use it is nearly imposable to remove
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AzzA1990
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PostPosted: 08:04 - 05 May 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
davebike wrote:
Old petseal ig not ethonal proof!

Clean tank really carefully it desolves in modern fuel if it resets in the carbs during a period of non use it is nearly imposable to remove


I think I'm going to have to look out for a new tank lol
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PostPosted: 11:30 - 05 May 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
That is some weird shit. Looks like seaweed Laughing I cleaned my rusty old Cub tank with a litre & half of diesel & a handful of small nuts & bolts. Its a traditional recipe but it works pretty good. Chuck 'em in & shake. The more you shake, the cleaner it gets. Rinse out with clean diesel. Don't use petrol! Don't do it outside religious buildings or government departments in case they think you're an anarchist.
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PostPosted: 12:35 - 05 May 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bunny Lingus wrote:
That is some weird shit. Looks like seaweed Laughing I cleaned my rusty old Cub tank with a litre & half of diesel & a handful of small nuts & bolts. Its a traditional recipe but it works pretty good.


Intriguing, would that not dent and scratch up the tank internals even further then? :S
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PostPosted: 23:31 - 05 May 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Commuter_Tim wrote:
Bunny Lingus wrote:
That is some weird shit. Looks like seaweed Laughing I cleaned my rusty old Cub tank with a litre & half of diesel & a handful of small nuts & bolts. Its a traditional recipe but it works pretty good.


Intriguing, would that not dent and scratch up the tank internals even further then? :S


No. A handful of small nuts & bolts won't. 8 or 10 mil should be kosher.
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Teflon-Mike
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PostPosted: 23:38 - 05 May 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Commuter_Tim wrote:
Bunny Lingus wrote:
That is some weird shit. Looks like seaweed Laughing I cleaned my rusty old Cub tank with a litre & half of diesel & a handful of small nuts & bolts. Its a traditional recipe but it works pretty good.


Intriguing, would that not dent and scratch up the tank internals even further then? :S


Petrol tank is pretty thick tin, if rattling a few nuts and bolts inside is enough to dent it, then its fucked well beyond use before you begin.

Meanwhile, you only do this once.

Second time, you only use nuts and washers... and thread them on strong kite string, fishing twine or wire, in a loop like a necklace, securely tied at the ends... before you put them in the tank... and you KEEP HOLD of the end.....

That way you don't spend a week shaking the shit out of the fucking thing trying to get the last few nuts to 'hop' over the filler lip , or end up leaving them inside, annoying you like an aerosol under a bus seat, when you ride!
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