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I chemically line (coat) every tank I put in my cars - even new ones!

Again, why are you gonna replace all those new lines once more?

Tinster said:
It appears I'll be pulling off the carbs and installing new fuel lines and new fuel filters.
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What product do you use to chemically coat a fuel tank.

My fuel lines and filters are now full of crud, not reliable so they go.

Point- every tool I use to pull the carbs, clean the bowls
and reinstall the carbs is going back in my trunk. This operation appears to be a fairly common problem for Triumphs.
So why not carry the tools?

I'll bet I'm down to 4 hours turn around time this second
go around.

d
 
It's not common.
Perhaps a better quality filter might help - something like this in the trunk. That way you can just change out the (single) filter, and get rid of those little inline things...

filter

spare filter elements
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]What product do you use to chemically coat a fuel tank.

My fuel lines and filters are now full of crud, not reliable so they go.

Point- every tool I use to pull the carbs, clean the bowls
and reinstall the carbs is going back in my trunk. This operation appears to be a fairly common problem for Triumphs.
So why not carry the tools?[/QUOTE]
<span style="font-size: 26pt"> <span style="color: #FF0000"> <span style="font-weight: bold"> NO!!!!!</span> </span> </span> It is <span style="font-size: 17pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">NOT</span> </span> common - you have a gas tank full of crud! You don't need to start loading up with parts & tools again - you need to fix the problem properly! You cleaned the tank but did nothing to prevent the crud from reoccurring - or you didn't get it all out!

That means pulling the gas tank again, taking it to a radiator shop, having them boil it clean & chemically line it! I don't know what the product it, I have my radiator shop do it....if you can't find one on the island to do it reasonably, Eastwood has a kit you can buy to do it yourself!

& you don't need to replace all the fuel lines...clean them out real good...crud can't stay in them like it can in a tank & that's what a fuel filter is for anyway!

<span style="font-size: 20pt"> <span style="color: #009900"> <span style="font-weight: bold">...& when your tank is properly clean & chemically lined, you only need 1 fuel filter...the more filters, the lower your fuel pressure!! </span> </span> </span>
 
Tony:

Due to Homeland Security rules, Eastwood cannot ship ANY
liquid product to Puerto Rico. Only paint powders and tools.

d
 
If you can't find somewhere, ship your tank to the mainland to get done. Or find a boat place to make you one in stainless steel.
 
Well, just don't start loading the trunk with useless stuff again!! Let's figure out the problem & the correct fix!
 
alana said:
If you can't find somewhere, ship your tank to the mainland to get done. Or find a boat place to make you one in stainless steel.
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Here is a real good suggestion for you Dale. Could be spendy but it would end the rust silt problem period! Alan might even be able to help you out with a pattern. Then you could put one good filter in the system and enjoy silt free motoring. :wink:

It sounds like Tony has had good luck with tank coatings. Though I would question how well they hold up with the ethanol mixed into the fuel. I've seen them slump and plug up a tank without the ethanol which is why I stay away from the tank coatings.

It would appear that, even though you thought it was clean, it wasn't. I boiled mine out about 15 years ago. Still pretty clean inside it. But then Colorado has barely any humidity compared to PR.
 
Let's see;
High humidity
Alcohol in fuel, which btw absorbs water
Tank with cronic rust

I don't like coatings inside the tank, but you aren't going to stop the rust, at least not in that tank no matter what you do. A fuel cell in plastic or aluminium should do the job.
Fuel cells

But you might also have dirt in the local gas. Let's hope it's not too much.

The filter that "alana" mentioned should do the trick, but I would prefer one with see-through sides. The one you posted a picture of should do just fine, if the quantity of crud is reduced - ie. new tank.

I had personal experience with rust in the fuel tank with a car I bought for my ex. It clogged the filter on a daily basis and eventually destroyed the fuel pump (Bosch high pressure for K-Jetronic). What a relief to have a new tank in there.
 
swift6 said:
alana said:
If you can't find somewhere, ship your tank to the mainland to get done. Or find a boat place to make you one in stainless steel.
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Here is a real good suggestion for you Dale. Could be spendy but it would end the rust silt problem period! Alan might even be able to help you out with a pattern. Then you could put one good filter in the system and enjoy silt free motoring. :wink:

It sounds like Tony has had good luck with tank coatings. Though I would question how well they hold up with the ethanol mixed into the fuel. I've seen them slump and plug up a tank without the ethanol which is why I stay away from the tank coatings.

It would appear that, even though you thought it was clean, it wasn't. I boiled mine out about 15 years ago. Still pretty clean inside it. But then Colorado has barely any humidity compared to PR.
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I have the pattern I used as a basis for mine as a PDF. It's the one Dan Masters put in his car (thanks Dan). I made a couple of modifications so it fits in the stock mounting location but holds about 15 gallons instead of 11.
 
I was going to post the same suggestion as Donn! When all is said and done, the cost of a racing-type rubber/plastic fuel cell is not too much more than it is costing you to do all that has been suggested to cure the rusty-tank problem, and it will solve the problem permanently! Any crude in the lines and the fuel from the service stations will easily be handled by ONE good filter!! :thumbsup:
 
Alan- How much did your SS tank cost you?
It will be about X3 for the same thing here on-island.

Give ma ballpark $$ before i waste my time driving aound looking for a source.

thanks,

d
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Though I would question how well they hold up with the ethanol mixed into the fuel.[/QUOTE]
I refuse to use that crap in any car I own - especially my MG's & Mercedes'!!!

& I've never had a problem with any tank I've had lined...nor has anybody else who I've sent to my radiator guy...but, he takes a week to clean, boil, line, etc.
 
tony barnhill said:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Though I would question how well they hold up with the ethanol mixed into the fuel.
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I refuse to use that crap in any car I own - especially my MG's & Mercedes'!!![/QUOTE]

Your lucky that you still have the choice. All of our gasoline has 10% ethanol, year round. Now they are discovering that it could be worse than the MTBE that we only had for half the year.
 
swift6 said:
tony barnhill said:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Though I would question how well they hold up with the ethanol mixed into the fuel.
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I refuse to use that crap in any car I own - especially my MG's & Mercedes'!!!
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Your lucky that you still have the choice. All of our gasoline has 10% ethanol, year round. Now they are discovering that it could be worse than the MTBE that we only had for half the year. [/QUOTE]
...& now that they're discovering that the price of food all over the world ias going up because corn is going to ethanol & not food! DUMB, DUMB, DUMB!!
 
Tinster said:
Alan- How much did your SS tank cost you?
It will be about X3 for the same thing here on-island.

Give ma ballpark $$ before i waste my time driving aound looking for a source.

thanks,

d
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$550 with the correct sender, plus $50 for delivery.
That was 18mo ago though, and it was a 1-off. The guy who did it was Jeff Giffen of Nationwide Auto Restorations.

Couldn't be happier with the job he did. The only thing I'd change would be to have my takeoffs underneath rather than coming out the back.
 
OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

That would be around $2000. island sourced.

The Mrs will have no part of THAT additional cost.

d
 
Then order one of his...shipping can't be more than $100 if alan sends it to you - not via UPS or FEDEX!
 
I like TRBill's idea of a milk jug filled with fuel
sitting by the firewall.

Reminds me, I've a few jugs of gas stored around the garage already.

d
 
Tinster said:
I like TRBill's idea of a milk jug filled with fuel
sitting by the firewall.

Reminds me, I've a few jugs of gas stored around the garage already.

d
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hehehehe...see, that's the problem with the internet: you can't tell when somebody's joking!!
 
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