rust in the tank

The inside of my tank has rust, kinda spotty, light looking, anything I can do? I took a few pics and can postem if it will help.

 

you can clean it out with phosphoric/muriatic acid, if it's light... but it's better to get a good tank liner kit and do it right so you'll never have to worry about it again.

you can also use electrolysis to remove the rust... although the process is kind of involved.

 

here's the pic, btw, are the tank liners hard to install? seems like I saw someone mention one before. Is there a way to prevent rust from ever happening? I had noticed little dots of it before, but today I got in there with a flashlight to see what was going on.

 

That looks pretty significant. You need to strip that down to bare metal. If its not possible then it may be time for a new tank.

 

You can get rid of most all that using Muratic Acid.
read my previous post here:
http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=5595.html
at the bottom of the page.

Dan

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/POR-15-CYCLE-FUEL-T ... dZViewItem

 

thanks for the info, stripping it down to bare metal would be out of my league I would think, unless there is a way to get the tank open without a blowtorch. I'll give the muratic acid a shot, or maybe the repair kit off ebay, if anyone else has used it.

 

I used the POR-15 kit on my tank, and so far I've not had any trouble with it. I've heard some negative things about Kreem though as it eventually flakes off and clogs your fuel filter.

POR-15 actually doesn't mind a _little_ rust... it will bond to it and seal it forever. The only pain is that it takes about 4 days for it to completely cure. If you decide to go that route, make sure you follow the instructions very carefully, otherwise you'll end up with a bigger mess than you started with.

 

rust in the tank won't hurt a thing, loose rust will
get a good handfull of BB's or 1/4 inch nuts or washers, something magnetic
remove the petcock, plug the hole,add the product of choice and a quart or so of water and shake for a while
open the petcock hole and drain the rusty water
repeat till clean water comes out or you get tired, get all the stuff out with a magnet on a stick, swish some rubbing alcohol in it, dry it with a heat gun or compressor
buy a good IN-LINE FILTER, read that again
put it all back together and your good to go
i feel that liner stuff is a last resort, if it works thats great but if it doesn't
your in a world of hurt
buy a good IN-LINE FILTER, read that again

 

K, gonna try that first, so far I havent been getting clogged up or anything that I have seen. Got a link to a decent filter?

 

I used this kit to seal my tank.

http://www.kbs-coatings.com/KBS-MotorCy ... 89C38.aspx

It was pretty easy to do and the inside of the tank looks like new.

 

http://www.bikebandit.com/product/A3309416
is a nice looking filter, Visu-Filters seem to have a following too
some of the metal screen filters are just not fine enough
i got a cheap one at advance auto parts and the element was loose in the housing

 

Thanks, I think I will get the filter now, and then in a few weeks I will seal it when I have enough time off that I want need to ride it to work, probally need to give it a good 5 days to cure.

 

My tank got rust in it when it came back from the painters..

I bought a liner kit called kreem, its a 3 step process .

worked good for me I also added a inline filter for added protection.


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