Rust in the Tank

[childoftheKD80]

I'm rebuilding my 86 KD80 and decided to paint everything so it looks better. I got to the tank and found it was full of rust. The previous owner left a full tank of gas in it while it was in storage. How can I effectivly get the rust out, neutralize it or anything but won't have anything in it so that it could mix into the gas and ruin it. Any help would be appretiated.

 

[JasonWho]

Look for Kreem, or something like that. They have some products for steel fuel tanks.

 

[Spine_Thrust]

Get an in-line fuel filter when you are finished restoring it.

 

[childoftheKD80]

Rust Check...

I just got some rust check rust eater gel. It should do the trick. I'm gonna rinse the tanks with gas a couple of times to get rid of any excess. Then I should be good to go.

 

[1966mustang]

naval jelly

 

[yz125_894]

put a tank liner in when you are done so that does not happen again

 

[JasonWho]

Like he said, you may want to check into a liner. One of the Kreem products is a tank liner, the other is a cleaner. You may want to lok into it.

 

[childoftheKD80]

Kreem...

Is Kreem an American product? Cause I know there're some products we cant get here that americans can get at places like auto zone.

 

[JasonWho]

Sorry, but I don't know. I don't know how mkaes it, but a quick searchon Google for Kreem and tank produced a lot of pages.

 

[cr2504life]

Ive heard of people putting some small pebbles in the tank with a little gas and shaking it around and then rinse it out with more gas and repeat. I havent' tryied this so im not sure how well it works. Worth a try though.