Drained gas tank(pics)
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Drained gas tank(pics)
I decided to run my car a about 1/8 tank and drain it. The car had been sitting a lot before i bought it, and i wanted to make sure there wasnt any really old gas left in it. all i can say is thank God for the fuel filter cause this was pretty ugly.
i wiped my finger through some of the debris at the bottome of the container i drained into.
this ones kinda hard to see. this is the second full pan i had. It looks like ive been looking for gold!!
I mightve wasted about $5 in gas, so i didnt loose much. and now i know its clean. I will also never run the car almost empty, theres just too much crap in the bottom.
i wiped my finger through some of the debris at the bottome of the container i drained into.
this ones kinda hard to see. this is the second full pan i had. It looks like ive been looking for gold!!
I mightve wasted about $5 in gas, so i didnt loose much. and now i know its clean. I will also never run the car almost empty, theres just too much crap in the bottom.
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Theres a plug just for draining. and i have no idea where it came from it appears to be solid pieces of metal, some of which are reasonably large. I didnt find any signs of the gas being gelled....well, in all reality the gas i drained was probably new, as i bought the car in St louis, and drove it to St augustine FL. so ive filled up at least 7-8 times in the month ive had it.
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Does anyone have a photo of this drain plug? When it comes to fuel I just don't want to be opening up the wrong bolt.
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Good thing I read this thread. I'm in interest on hyperion's surge cover and It makes a bit more sense to drain the entire gas tank to install hyperion's surge cover. Opposed to what folks in the last group buy are doing. This makes much more sense. I feel everyone should do maintenance on their fuel tanks after reading this.
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I just drained and cleaned a gas tank.
My suggestion is to take it out of the car (not bad once it's empty). First tape off the openings with duct tape and wash/scrub the outside thoroughly. You'll need a good brush and you'll get totally filthy. Take off the tape and splash some simple green in there and use a hose to wash it out. Shake the whole tank good and dump it out. Now hose with water and repeat until all the simple green is gone. Drain all the water out that you can, and now take a hot air gun on low heat and point it into the tank. It took just a couple hours with the hot air gun to clean the tank to bone dry.
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My suggestion is to take it out of the car (not bad once it's empty). First tape off the openings with duct tape and wash/scrub the outside thoroughly. You'll need a good brush and you'll get totally filthy. Take off the tape and splash some simple green in there and use a hose to wash it out. Shake the whole tank good and dump it out. Now hose with water and repeat until all the simple green is gone. Drain all the water out that you can, and now take a hot air gun on low heat and point it into the tank. It took just a couple hours with the hot air gun to clean the tank to bone dry.
Dave
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When i drained my tank, i just removed the fuel feed line from the fuel pump (on the tank) and pushed another piece of fuel hose over it. I ran this into the filler neck of my other rX7, handily parked alongside - and then just bridged the F/P and GND terminals on the diagnosis connector.
This makes the fuel pump run and just pumps all the fuel out of the tank. Doesnt get it all, but gets enough to install the surge cover.
After that, i just reversed the procedure and pumped all the gas back into the other RX7
This makes the fuel pump run and just pumps all the fuel out of the tank. Doesnt get it all, but gets enough to install the surge cover.
After that, i just reversed the procedure and pumped all the gas back into the other RX7