Re: Problems with crud in my 1928 sedan full tank

Posted by Mike Flanagan on September 17, 1997 at 22:16:30

In Reply to: Problems with crud in my 1928 sedan full tank
posted by Fred Hemke on September 17, 1997 at 14:02:31

I experienced the same problem with my '31. The first year of driving I had a fit with trash coming from the tank. Rather than remove the tank I emptied all the gas and in it's place poured in about 3 gals of lacquer thinner which I let soak over night. Nasty stuff when it came out. Next I used mineral spirits for an overnite. Emptied and once again nasty stuff. Three applications of mineral spirits and it started to clean up. Since then I have had intermittant problems but nothing like before. The new reformulated gas is a lot to blame for all the years of accumulated chit coming loose in the tanks.
My opinion.
God speed under 50.
The Model A Fool.
: I suddenly have a problem with a tremendous amount of pretty nasty looking sediment clogging the shut off valve in my '28 Model A.How in the world can the tank be cleaned and is there anything that can be done to prevent whatever this kind of scaling or build up from occurring in the future?If you have any advice, I would love to hear from you.

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