Rust in the petrol tank.
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:04 pm
Got some work done on my +2s petrol tank. The drain cock was leaking and jammed solid so I got the repair guy to take it off and patch and solder over the hole. That was a few weeks ago when the car was off the road because I was rebuilding the engine. The tank sat in the garage for 2 or 3 weeks before I reinstalled it.
Now I'm back on the road running in the engine .
I took the precaution of fitting a fuel tap and one of those glass servicable filters upstream from the pump when I put it all back together. What I'm finding now is that the filter is clogging with rust particles after about 75 miles running . It's bad enough to stop the fuel flow completely.
Each time I clean out the filter there is about a teaspoon full of fine rust in it. When put back together it's OK for about another 70+ miles, and so on. Mighty annoying - this only happened after the tank repair. Of course, the repair man knows nothing about it and is completely puzzled
Anybody got any idea about repairing this? Is there any point in taking the tank back out and flushing it?. This has been going on for about 4 weeks and 450 miles and shows no sign of going away.
Is the tank knackered? Swearing at it hasn't worked so far!
Regards,
Hamish.
PS - glad I fitted the filter because the pump is a facet red top and would have been jamming all the time otherwise because of the rust particles.
Now I'm back on the road running in the engine .
I took the precaution of fitting a fuel tap and one of those glass servicable filters upstream from the pump when I put it all back together. What I'm finding now is that the filter is clogging with rust particles after about 75 miles running . It's bad enough to stop the fuel flow completely.
Each time I clean out the filter there is about a teaspoon full of fine rust in it. When put back together it's OK for about another 70+ miles, and so on. Mighty annoying - this only happened after the tank repair. Of course, the repair man knows nothing about it and is completely puzzled
Anybody got any idea about repairing this? Is there any point in taking the tank back out and flushing it?. This has been going on for about 4 weeks and 450 miles and shows no sign of going away.
Is the tank knackered? Swearing at it hasn't worked so far!
Regards,
Hamish.
PS - glad I fitted the filter because the pump is a facet red top and would have been jamming all the time otherwise because of the rust particles.