Sometimes the fix simply calls for a bigger hammer, but I fear I've used my biggest one... HELP!
I may have the mother of all fuel tank clogs.
Here's the lowdown.
3800 panel.
Clogged, rusty, 10 years of varnish, under frame tank.
Bought Por-15 tank restoration kit.
Powerwashed inside of tank several times.
-lots of crud out
Used the kits cleaning products.
-lots more crud
Did the whole "add gravel and shake with cleaner" trick"
-Lots of gravel and a bunch more crud came out.
Powerwashed again until water ran crud-free.
Followed the rest of the instructions with the kit and ended up with a nicely sealed and painted tank.
Installed tank and decided to try to blow a little air into the outlet to make sure all was well. Nothin. I puckered for all I was worth, but with no luck. I found a coat hanger and managed to get about 11 inches into the tank outlet. It came out with some traces of the familiar crud. Dang. Sprayed some carb cleaner into hole. Hole made strange "tube filling up" sounds. Packed up for the day.
Day 2
Got a compressor from work and put it in the back of a van... drove to the project truck and plumbed an air line from the compressor directly into the tank outlet. Removed the filler cap (good idea from other post here on the 'bolt) and started turning up the regulator.
20lbs
30lbs
40-50-60-70-75-80... Getting nervous.
Decided to take a walk. Came back in about 10 minutes and the pressure is SOLID at 80lbs.
Got INTO the back of the van... hid behind the compressor...
90
100... oh hell
125lbs
That's the max this compressor will deliver before the safety valve releases.
Ummmm. NOW WHAT? Any suggestions would be VERY welcome. Does anyone know of a flexable drill bit? How Long is that tube? I'd love to stop drilling before a drill bit simply poked out the bottom of my nicely re-done but very clogged tank!
This isn't something silly like a check-valve in line right?
