rust in tank

robin46 · Post by **robin46** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:58 pm

hi everyone does anyone know the best way to get rid of rust in a fuel tank and stopping it blocking everything

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:01 pm

i take it your filters are present in the tank? not quite sure how to get rust out from inside the tank? but how did it get there in the first place? any crap in the tank should be stopped by the filters inside the tank and the inline fuel filter.

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:09 pm

not come across this before so did a bit of digging, see this http://www.motorcycleanchor.com/motorcy ... krust.html

RstredS · Post by **RstredS** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:21 pm

master, the rust comes from when a bike is left standing, from condensation.

way i did mine....

striped tank, and filters (u must take reserve tap out)
put in a loda of washers, gravel and coins, together with water. shook it about for ages, and keep rinsing.

thne after it had dried i used this resin stuff from ebay. was about Â£20.
so mixed it up and poured it into the tank, and again shook it about and let it dry.

now i mean some rust is still there, but its covered up by the resin, plus ive got 2 filters in the tank, a maaahhhooosive inline filter, and a filter in each carb to trap any crap.

robin46 · Post by **robin46** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:47 pm

thanks i`ll give it a try

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:08 pm

guess what i'm gonna do tommorrow?? go check my tank.

jhhunt · Post by **jhhunt** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:38 pm

I have the exact same problem with rust in my tank, just havent got round to doing it yet. Waitng for the right coloured tank to pop up on eBay

But might try that would you did RstredS, What is this resin stuff called??

Thx

RstredS · Post by **RstredS** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:57 am

cant remember mate, but its a well known product.

a google search should bring it up.

its summin really simple. rust protect or summin.

let me know if u cant find it.

RussZXR · Post by **RussZXR** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:58 am

You can buy this stuff called 'metal ready' from Frost Restorations catalogue that actually disolves rust but leaves good metal alone. It's brilliant stuff. Put some in your tank, seal it up with duck tape and swill around for a few hours and the rust is gone. I've used it and it works. I even de-rusted a whole ZXR exhaust back down to the metal.
They sell it on it's own or as part of a tank repair kit.

bmxtart · Post by **bmxtart** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 7:56 pm

or u can use a thin pole with cloth wrapped around it as a ball n taped there,thats what we used at work,works !