What did you do to your XJ today? 1M Views

[kyphonii]

Originally Posted by anthonygubbin

The 100/130s arrived today. Reckon they will be fitted tomorrow. Lets see how the buggers who don't drop their high beams like 130 watts flashed at them. LOL

Careful you don't offend a wheeler with 5000w with your 100w low beam.
that's embarrassing.

[kyphonii]

Originally Posted by layback40

If you can get access to a boiler, you can steam it for a few hours. The hardest part is draining the water out. If you sit the tank in a way that it drains, the heat left in the tank from the steam will make it bone dry once you have taken the steam off & let it cool. If you have rust in the tank, it will be a re-occurring problem as the protective coating in the tank is damaged.
Good luck!! Dont get burned !!!

metho combines with water so use metho as a final flush and a little bit of metho will pass through the system.

[JEEPCHIK]

Originally Posted by layback40

If you can get access to a boiler, you can steam it for a few hours. The hardest part is draining the water out. If you sit the tank in a way that it drains, the heat left in the tank from the steam will make it bone dry once you have taken the steam off & let it cool. If you have rust in the tank, it will be a re-occurring problem as the protective coating in the tank is damaged.
Good luck!! Dont get burned !!!

That's what I have been told to do (steam it) but I don't have the coin at the moment to do that.As for possible rust in the tank, it's kind of hard to tell because the entire inside of the tank is a rusty brown colour.I assume alot of it with be dirt that has been in the fuel I have removed but not sure about rust.The outside of the tank looks to be in pretty good nick for the 14 year old Jeep.

At the moment I'm getting 2 new strap bolts made at the local spring works $45 inc GST, so it isn't going back in this week but hopefully the weekend. Been thiking about doing the metho thing too.Might have to look into a bit further Thanks for the advice, guys.

[rainman]

Originally Posted by JEEPCHIK

Finally the tank is out and drained.Can see alot of crud in the tank too, so it definately needs a good clean out.Gotta get some new fuel trap bolts though, as the threads were damaged when they came out

Any recommendations for cleaning out the tank?? The guys at work have told me to use boiling water as the steam will clean things better.

I would blow it out with a water blaster, maybe throw in a couple of jugs of hot water, keep going till the crud stops coming out. Then tune it upside down to drain- in a sunny spot. What does not run out will evaporate out in a day or to.
Good luck with it.

[anthonygubbin]

Originally Posted by JEEPCHIK

That's what I have been told to do (steam it) but I don't have the coin at the moment to do that.As for possible rust in the tank, it's kind of hard to tell because the entire inside of the tank is a rusty brown colour.I assume alot of it with be dirt that has been in the fuel I have removed but not sure about rust.The outside of the tank looks to be in pretty good nick for the 14 year old Jeep.

At the moment I'm getting 2 new strap bolts made at the local spring works $45 inc GST, so it isn't going back in this week but hopefully the weekend. Been thiking about doing the metho thing too.Might have to look into a bit further Thanks for the advice, guys.

Hi JC I don't like to bear bad news but it sounds like the tank might be rusty inside rather than that much dirt. That being the case you may end up needing to do what I did carve it up and sandblast it, then weld it back up. With your sender and pump out you should be able to shine a torch inside and see the rust. Once you blast it out with a hose you will know for sure as the inside will still be brown.

regards AG

[JEEPCHIK]

Originally Posted by anthonygubbin

Hi JC I don't like to bear bad news but it sounds like the tank might be rusty inside rather than that much dirt. That being the case you may end up needing to do what I did carve it up and sandblast it, then weld it back up. With your sender and pump out you should be able to shine a torch inside and see the rust. Once you blast it out with a hose you will know for sure as the inside will still be brown.

regards AG

Well with everything I've been through with this Jeep it wouldn't surprise me if is rusty.We have a gerni so I'll give it a hose out and hope for the best but it would explain alot if it is rust

[anthonygubbin]

Originally Posted by JEEPCHIK

Well with everything I've been through with this Jeep it wouldn't surprise me if is rusty.We have a gerni so I'll give it a hose out and hope for the best but it would explain alot if it is rust

Since you have a gerni you might be able to acid out the tank? I tried but was unsucessful as my tank had baffles so I could not remove the loosend rust past the baffles. The difficulty will be soon as you remove the rust with water it will take less than 30mins to surface rust again, hence by the time it is dry it will already start to oxidise.

regards A