89pickupsr5

the truck i bought has sat for quite some time before i bought it and while i have the gas tank out i've been thinking i want to give her a good cleanin'

any suggestions/experiances would be greatly appreciated
thanks, Drew

pat24

it depends on how much work you wanna do if you wanna take the tank out or not there is a good method on line using distiled water baking soda and a trickle charger you submerge the tank and hookitup to the tank and a grund in the water it will remove all the rust in and on the tank it is befar the best way to clean it but that is only if you wanna remove the tank i did it on yamaha tank

89pickupsr5

the tank is already out. where online?

pat24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJeXw...eature=related a trucks vidieo that shows you how to do it i would fill the inside of the tank witht the solution and stick the meatle bar down inside of the tank

tc

Fuel cell (the silver box on the driver's side)

rdlsz24

Thats looks pretty cool. Is there any risk of getting a shock off of that? Or not since it's 12-volt?

Rob

pat24

i dont belive i didnt seem to have a problem but like the vidieo said it does let off gas so you should be well ventilated and no open flame and dont stand a wach it it makes you get the worst cough my sicience class learnd the hard way when i did it as a project opps whole class was dieing haha

89pickupsr5

nice!!! thats awesome thanks man.

pat24

ya np i hope it works man

BT17R

Is it me, or does the idea of gasoline + hydrogen + 2 amps = 911 call?

pat24

do you realy think while it is submerged in water it will realy do much ?

BT17R

I saw the remains of a Toyota dealership that burned to the ground while the tank was being cleaned. I don't know what method was being used, but it started indoors.

You're assuming no gas or hydrogen vapor present and a wash tank large enough to submerge the whole thing to completely eliminate the chance of gas vapor at least. That's more of an assumption than I'd be willing to make.

Good luck, at least do it outside.

89pickupsr5

i think i'm gonna get this stuff my friend was talkin about called cream and use that on it before i do the tub and ams thing

has anyone ever heard of this cream stuff my friend speaks of?

does anyone know a cheap way to clean the inside of a gas tank good?

ozziesironmanoffroad

ive heard of cream, i believe its what ATVers use to clean their metal tanks from the inside out. my buddys 3 wheeler, honda atc350, had a really rusted tank inside. so he put the stuff in and it cleaned right up.