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ATC70
10-28-2002, 11:26 PM
The gas filter on my 85 atc70 has some orange stuff in it, and im wondering how I can clean th inside of the gas tank?
Mobular
10-29-2002, 01:32 AM
One of those electric paint can shakers might come in handy...just a thought...
NOS_350X
10-29-2002, 02:48 AM
use swimming pool acid it works great will make trailprotrailpro tank like new make sure that u nurtualize the acid with baking soda tho also make sure that you just have the acid touch the tank and nothing elce it will eat it up hold on let me go find out what the actual name of the acid is its murtaic acid
Jeb
10-29-2002, 11:13 AM
I've heard also a good thing you can do is get some gravel, rinse it well to get the dust off of it, fill the tank about 1/2 full of gravel and poor in wd40. then again shake vigorously and repeat as necessary.
350Xrider
10-29-2002, 06:14 PM
What I like to do is get some big ball bearings, or rocks or nuts, etc. And dump in a little Muratic Acid and shake it around thouroughly and rinse it out and you can follow that up with some naval jelly. Or you can just use naval jely for the whole process, then rinse it thouroughly and blow everything out with an air compressor.
HemiChallenger71
10-30-2002, 12:12 AM
Yes I have a very very rusty tank, actually, 2. I was also wondering how u get that rust out.

The muratic acid one, I've herd of that before. But how much? and should you dilute it with water?????? The ball bearings and stuff in there sound pretty good too.
NOS_350X
10-30-2002, 12:34 AM
when i did it i use about 9 oz and slushed it aound then pored it out i didnt delute it any and it burnt my skin also
Tucson 200x
10-31-2002, 12:01 AM
I went to Kmart and bought a big box of bbs and dropped them into the tank with some mineral spirits and shook the cr@p out of it for about a half hour and then rinsed the tank out good and made sure all of the bbs were out worked great for me :D
350Xrider
10-31-2002, 04:58 PM
Naval jelly is a rust remover, and it kind of stops rust to. It is like paint stripper but for rust. It is pretty god stuff.
ATC70
10-31-2002, 06:48 PM
WHAT R MINERAL SPIRITS?
boneidaho
10-31-2002, 10:42 PM
:idea: Mineral spirits R paint thinner ! :-P
ATC70
11-02-2002, 03:07 AM
Does anyone know where I can get Naval Jelly?
Mobular
11-02-2002, 01:07 PM
Ask for it at any hardware store.
ATC70
11-06-2002, 12:35 AM
Okay so im thinking about pouring naval jelly into the tank with some screws and shaking it, does that sound good?