Best way to clean a fuel thank

Cesar Rull · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:12 pm Post subject: Best way to clean a fuel thank

I have tank for my recently purchased kart. I have not idea what kind of fuel the previous owner ran and there is some still in it (very little). It smells like alcohol. I want to dump it out and clean the inside so when I put the normal the fuel I plan to use it all good.

If I wash the inside with dish soap and water and let it air dry for a few days, should it be okay?

Mike Goebel · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:55 pm Post subject:

Just pour it out and add your fuel.

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Ken Schilling · Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Posts: 1338

You can use some plain fuel or pre-mix that you will use, pour some into the fuel tank, slosh it around a bunch, then pour out.

Do not use dish soap!!!
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Cesar Rull · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 7:45 pm Post subject:

Great,

I appreciate the responses.

Walt Gifford · Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 10:07 pm Post subject:

Don't worry about cross contamination just make sure there's no dried oil goop in the bottom that can break loose and clog things up. If the fuel line is hard as a rock get some new Tygon tubing.

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Greg Lindahl · Joined: 13 Jan 2011 Posts: 264

HOT water and 409/Simple Green mix and shake and sit. Set in sun to dry. Cleans tanks very well. I do this every winter with the side benefit of making my garage smell cleaner.