Right where the fuel hose attches to the bottom of the tank , should
be a 46MM hex , you unscrew this and all manner of Diesel fuel and
sludge etc. should come rushing out . (so have a BIG pan ready &
lots of rags , too)
Get a few gallons of gasoline and use it to rinse out the remaining
sludge and kill off the fungus , if that's what you have .
Use an old toothbrush & gas to _genlty_ clean the intank screen .
I'd prolly add a WIX/NAPA # 33011 filter before the intake screen in
the engine compartment and carry some spares , be ready to remove it
and blow it out reverse a few times before it'll stay clean .
You can add an entire 8 Oz. bottle of Startron to shock the fungus
to death , then use another big bottle in the required amounts over
the next few tankfulls to clean it all out .
I wonder of some PIA kid dropped a glob of Georgia clay into your
tank for fun......
Could be rust of you're _really_ lucky but de-rusing the tank is
easy , once you remove it .
-Nate
Mike Wrote :
Wagon fuel tank
Hey group.
My 81 turbo wagon will run good, then bad, then good, then bad. The
primary fuel filter fills up solid in under 150 miles. I searched
the archives for information on pulling the fuel tank, and found out
I most likely have organisms and slime in my fuel tank.
I looked under the car and didn't find a removeable in-tank screen.
There is no access to the top of the tank from the cargo area.
All's I found was a plug with a hex in the center of the tank bottom.
Am I going to have to pull the tank anyway? The material I find in
the filter is red, and looks very similar to this awful dirt we have
here in Georgia. I'm assuming it's rust. Would a couple cans of
that Startron help me at all? Thanks for any advice.
Mike Clark
1981 300TD
Stockbridge, Georgia
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