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Dirt in gas tank

ontherocks83

ontherocks83

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Mods I'm not sure where to post this question so please move it if needed.

I was working on my new to me Strobe 201 this weekend and I pulled the fuel level sender so I could measure it to order a new one. While having it out I took a look in the tank and the bottom of it is peppered with black crud. (see attached pic) I stuck a dowel in the tank and it doesn't seem very loose but if you scrape at it a little it comes off.

Does anyone know

A: what it might be? and

B: is there a way to clean it or have someone clean it?

The fuel sender is the only access to the tank so not sure how I could get much in there to scrub it.

The P.O. said he had trouble with the tank being dirty when he first bought it and sucked out all the fuel, then added 5 gallons, drove it down the road on the trailer and then sucked out those 5 gallons. He states he didnt have issues after that but keeps a couple extra fuel filters on board just in case.
 

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Just years of impurities building up and settling. I bet the small screen in your pickup is pretty full too.

My predictor tank was full of metal flake. I ended up siphoning all I could out and then filling with a couple gallons and siphoning again and trying to suck up the garbage with the tube. It worked out well and only cost $3.00. (2003):D

Pour it all through a coffee filter and burn it in your mower.
 
It might be varnish (dried gasoline) or that MET or MEK or whatever that stuff is called that is added to gasoline. Lacquer thinner will disolve it but will also wreak havoc with the finish of the vessel so the proprieties must be observed at all times. Flammable like gasoline too so don't use no electric vacuum like OG did, to drain the tank afterwards.
 
So I've still been pondering how to resolve my "crap in the tank" issue and this is what I have come up with so far. Let me know what you think.

The fuel sender is at the back of the tank and is bad anyways so I want to remove the fuel sender and put in a yet unknown amount of ball bearings inside the tank. Then reinstall the bad sender so I don't care if the ball bearings damage it and ride around on the lake until down to 1/4 tank or less. My thought is hopefully the ball bearing will break up all of the stuff and everything will naturally flow to the low part/back of the tank.

If the ball bearings do clean the tank I will get an electric fuel pump like this one

http://www.carid.com/mr-gasket/elec...mpn-42s.html?gclid=CMTfkKmWpsYCFUI8gQodcmYNHw

and use that to suck out the rest of the gas and debris/sand/crap/whatever else is in there. Lastly I will use a magnet to remove the ball bearings.

Anyone think this is worth a shot or have better recommendations?
 
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