Anyone ever heard of this? (fuel related)

[John84GN]

I recently purchased the walpro 340 kit and hotwire kit from racetronix, and I was talking to dad about giving me a hand installing it. I told him that it shouldn't take but a few hours...this is what he told me...

"After you remove the tank, take it to a radiator place, and get them to "boil it out"...so when you reinstall it, it's like brand new." This sounds pretty good and legit to me, but I was wondering if anyone here has heard of this, or has done it also?!?

Thanks!

 

[BoostKillsStres]

Never heard of it. When I put in my 340 at 55,000 there wasn't anything in the tank but a few tiny pieces of debris that I knocked in there since I didn't clean the area around the lock ring good enough. After all, its been full of gasoline for 15 yrs so unless its sat for some period of time, the inside of the tank should be the cleanest thing on the car.

 

[tom h]

I've "heard" of steam flushing (same as "boil out"??) if the tank were to require soldering or welding -- needed to get all last traces of gas vapor out of the tank. or ka-boom.

Otherwise I'm not sure "boiling" would accomplish much. There is so much baffling in the stock tank it's hard to flush out minor residual junk. I guess that's what the pump's fuel sock is supposed to protect against.

 

[The Radius Kid]

The guys are right,the insides of the tank should be pretty clean.Just check for any silt laying in the bottom and flush it out if necessary.Before you remove the sending unit to replace the pump,take the tank to a pressure car wash booth and clean it around the top sides of the seams and the lockring area.It doesn't hurt to wire brush these areas before cleaning.Dry it all off and remove the sending unit.When you re-install,you can spray the top sides of the seams and around the lock ring and the bottom side where the straps cover the tank.That should leave you in good shape.It also doesn't hurt to check the ground wire connection on top of the sending unit.It's the lug spot welded to the sending unit plate,topside,black wire.Make sure the connection is solid and not corroded.

 

[Nick Micale]

Originally posted by John84GN
...I was talking to dad about giving me a hand installing it. I told him that it shouldn't take but a few hours...this is what he told me..."After you remove the tank, take it to a radiator place, and get them to "boil it out"...so when you reinstall it, it's like brand new." Thanks!

Guess your dad has been around a while like me! We used to "boil" tanks in the "old days" as rust and junk would get in them. Gas stations pumped lots of water with their gas sometimes.

The GN tank has plastic baffles that will have a problem with the corrosive fluid used. Tank will not like it either. Since no leaded gasoline has been in there, those deposits are not either. If any of the "boiling" solution is left in the tank, you WILL have real problems through out the entire fuel system!

Drop your tank, install the pump and hot wire, and put the tank back in the car. Should only be an hour job.

 

[The Radius Kid]

Gee whiz Nick,you're not saying that you're as old as that "old fart" Chuck,are you?I always thought you looked younger.

 

[Nick Micale]

Thanks Kid, no one is as old as Chuck!

 

[salvageV6]

Might be worth painting the thing especially where the straps are.

Rustoleum or an equal rustproof paint, POR15 works too.

That is where they rust through.

 

[Chuck Leeper]

OLD??

OLD!! I'm not old, just "well used"!!
Nick's even looks old!! hell, his head looks like it's outlived 3 bodies!!!

 

[bwallace]

Outlived 3 bodies...LOL

 

[The Radius Kid]

Unlike us guys who have bodies that look like they outlived three heads,eh Chuck.

 

[strikeeagle]

The plastic baffle in our tanks prevent you from draining every last drop, even when the tank is removed from the car and turned over repeatedly. If you have to boil something, boil lobster...