RE: Fuel Pump is out in record time: 30 mins

From: Ray Block (bpracing@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri May 20 2005 - 18:06:11 EDT


> -----Original Message-----
> From: jon@dakota-truck.net
> >
> TerribleTom <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>
> : I'm toying with emptying out the fuel tank again - as I saw there was a
> : certain amount of sediment in the tank - perhaps from when I removed the
> : pump unit from the tank... anyone think its worth it? I'm kinda
> : getting sick of pulling the bed off to purge the tank.
>
>
> You could try setting up a siphon from the tank into a gas can
> and just directing the hose over the sediment like a vacuum cleaner
> to try and suck it out of the tank and down into the can. If the
> sediment is ferrous, you could get it out with a magnet.
>
> ---Jon-

He could also strain the fuel through something like cheesecloth and get
most of any other sediment out without wasting his gas.

Ray



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