Rocks to clean out gas tank

[dajeepman]

Guys I used rocks to get all the bad rust out of my tank... they did a good job.. Well I got all the rocks that i thought was in there.. Well after I flushed clean and put fresh gas in it... I notice abut 9 rocks stuck in the side cracks where the tank slims down... I could not get them to budge with a long flat head screw driver... will it be ok to leave them in there? I hate to try to tear the tank up getting them out.

[aldochina]

not sure if any of the minerals in the rocks would react with the gas. You may be alright, atleast put an inline filter in. This is a new one on me.

[dajeepman]

yea I have 2 filters one in the peckcock and the other one inline. I should have gotten smaller rocks.. I was not picky i went to my neighbors driveway and took about 5 hand fulls of sharp rocks. Works like a charm with some paint thinner and gas mixture...and shook it like 15min in all direction.

[gsw902]

I used rocks in the tank of my old xl 250 and a few of them got stuck. I left them and put an inline filter and I have never had any problems with it.

[xrider]

Next time try using ball bearings instead of rocks, they shouldn't get stuck as easy in the cracks.

[dajeepman]

Thanks for the response guys... I feel lot better now..

[atc350xer]

actually, 1/4" nuts work even better than ball bearings... the sharp edges break up rust really well

[3wheeledjunkie]

We always use a link of chain. Hard to get this stuck, dose a pretty good job.