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Re: [GMCnet] Fuel tank cleaning [message #263068 is a reply to message #263061] Tue, 30 September 2014 11:07 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
kelvin is currently offline  kelvin   United States
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On 9/30/2014 7:38 AM, Brian Pimm wrote:
> USAussie wrote on Tue, 30 September 2014 05:07
>> Brian,
>>
>> I have read all the responses and noted that no one has answered your first question regarding having the rusty tank cleaned. I
>> would suggest you Google "Fuel Tank Cleaning, Washougal WA" This should bring up companies near you that can perform that service.
>>
>> I did that in Houston and found a couple of companies, however, their services were not cheap, I got them to provide a "rough"
>> estimate after providing the measurements and capacity of the tanks and was told $400 - $500 per tank.
>
> I did find a place a couple hours away that dips cars and gas tanks. http://www.metaldipping.com
> I'll call them and see how much they want to dip the tanks.
>
>
> USAussie wrote on Tue, 30 September 2014 05:07
>> I store my coach in Houston 8 months per year and before I do so I fill the tanks all the way up (adding the correct amount of
>> Stabil) until I can see fuel in the filler neck at a station about a mile from the storage facility. I drive it back, pull it into
>> the "garage" and shut it off and don't run it again until the next year when I return. I've been doing this for six years and have
>> had no problems.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rob M.
>> The Pedantic Mechanic
>> USAussie - Downunder
>> USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
>> AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
>
> That's exactly what I'm planning to do after the tanks are clean, we got the coach last year and the tranny failed so I couldn't fill the tanks but I
> think the water was already there unless it can get in a vent line or something. We get 90 to 120 inches of rain a year here in the hills NE of
> Washougal so if it can leak in somewhere there is the potential to fill the tank...

My coach has spent it's entire life in Oregon. I don't know that we get
the heavy rain that Washington does but we get plenty of it. My tanks
were pristine when I pulled them in 2007. I can't imagine there's a way
for water to get into the tanks thru the OEM vents and such. I don't
always keep the tanks filled up during the camping season but do top
them up when it gets parked for any length of time in the winter. 12
years in my hands and no problems with water in the fuel that I can tell.

Get the tanks repaired, keep them full and you should have no issues.

Then again, some PO might have done something whacky. That happens, too...

Kelvin
'73 23' in Eugene, OR
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