Fuel Tank Restoration

[Haveacamper]

Hi Guys,

i was wondering if anyone on here has ever restored the inside of their fuel tank. i've recently bought a Fuel injection tank, which has a return to tank next to the fuel outlet and also there is a swirl pot inside.

i have heard of people putting chains inside and using the Frost resto kits, but unsure what to do with mine.

i am unsure how long it has been sat around for, but i can see there is a little bit of surface rust and peeling going on inside.

i'm not sure if the chains will dammage the swirl pot or the frost kit, which coats the inside, will mnacker up the swirl pot.

ideas welcome

NaFe

 

[Haveacamper]

well... I just phoned up Frost Restoration to enquire about fuel tank restoration kit and the chap was very helpful. rather than just trying to sell me the kit he asked a few questions and told me it wasnt worth me buying the kit as all i needed was 2 out of the 4/5 products.

so instead of £50+ +postage it was £29 including postage

all i needed was marine clean and metal ready.

first you put marine clean and hot water into the fuel tank with a bit of chain. swirl about and pour it out. the rinse with cold water and allow to dry. then pour in the metal ready and swirl around then pour out.

the marine clean strips off any fuel residue and sludge. the metal ready is a phosphorus and zinc liquid. the phosphorus kills the rust and the zinc coats the tank.

the are currently out of stock but expecting delivery next friday.

NaFe

 

[Bookwus]

Hiya Have,

Being a Yank I'm not familiar with Frost. But the products (Marine Clean and Metal Ready) you are mentioning sound like Restomotive (think POR-15) products.

If so, they are very good materials. I have used the fuel tank reconditioning kits on a number of motorcycle rebuilds and had excellent results.

However, one thing to bear in mind while doing this............. if there is no intention of doing an internal coating with the Restomotive sealer you really don't want to let that tank sit around for any length of time without petrol in it. Rust is lurking out there. This is especially true if your area is wet, moist, or has a variable temperature. Indeed, as soon as I would be finished with the Metal Ready, I'd bring the tank inside the house where it's warm and dry.

The inside of these tanks can flash rust in an amazingly short amount of time. I know that the zinc rich Metal Ready is supposed to prevent that, but trust me on this one, it still happens. I'd get the tank back in the Bus as soon as I could and get petrol in it a couple of minutes after that.

 

[Haveacamper]

it seems like we are talking about the same products

cheers for the advice. i did enquire about whether i needed to coat something else and the guy said no. I'll def bare in mind what you said about not leaving it around.

NaFe