Engine/Transmission (1994 - 1998) Dropped Fuel Tank - what I found

[HEMI®Dart]

Coleman fuel is about $9 gal around here.

From what I understand, it's gasoline w/o the additives.

Where to dispose of the dirty fuel?

 

[guldam]

guldam, Nice work & Write-up! Was your rear fuel tank hanger rusted? Not sure where you live. Mine had rusted through & broke. I told my co-worker to check his a '95 RAM 1500. It broke 2 days after I told him to check his.

Nope, no rust. This is a California truck. Only rust I've found is under the drain hole of both doors. Underneath of truck is pretty clean.



Straps are solid.



Guldam

 

[Grey Wolf]

I drop mine off at the local hazardous waste dump. Would any of these work for you?



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[HEMI®Dart]

I drop mine off at the local hazardous waste dump. Would any of these work for you?



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I was only kidding.

 

[Grey Wolf]

Good one, but they don't kid around with that stuff out here. At least they don't charge us to get rid of it... .

 

[TFrench]

Fuel sending unit supply/return line replacement

Guldam,

SLangone's suggestion about replacing the fuel sender supply and return nipples is a good one. My '97 had supply/return lines that looked about like yours when the return line nipple failed and was streaming diesel onto the exhuast pipe... . I have no idea how long it was doing that but since the fuel gauge sender was inoperative I had no real indication that there was a problem. Around that time, when the fuel gauge sending potentiometer wipers were failing, someone here posted a well documented fix for the fuel gauge sender wiper problem and also a solution for the replacing the fuel sender plumbing with 1/8" brass plumbing and fittings. I fixed both problems for about $50 (at a time where the only place to buy a new sending unit was from Dodge for about $450+ as I recall). The gauge and sender plumbing has been working fine ever since... . probably going on 6-7 years now. If/when you drop the tank again, you may want to consider checking and/or replacing the fuel lines as well... mine started leaking a year or two after I did the sender fix. If you do much winter driving in the NE, I expect the condition of your lines will detoriate quite rapidly due to highway salt.

Tim

 

[The patriot]

Where to dispose of the dirty fuel?

I put it in containers and bring it to an oil collection place.

My township used to take it but stopped about 3 yrs ago.

Lots of gas stations who have oil heaters would be happy for it.

 

[guldam]

I have a under the counter water filter with a 5 micron filter, attached to a Harbor Freight fuel transfer pump. I just run the dirty fuel through the filter about three times and it is nice and sparkly clean, and since I also treated it with anti-fungal treatment it should be free of bugs too. A paranoid person could run it through a 1micron filter last, and really have clean fuel.



After reinstalling the tank I just pumped the now clean fuel back in the tank.



Truck is happy.



GulDam

I put it in containers and bring it to an oil collection place.

My township used to take it but stopped about 3 yrs ago.

Lots of gas stations who have oil heaters would be happy for it.