Got a rusty poroblem, steel tank

[OTRPU]

Got a rusty problem, steel tank

Hey guys, the guy that rigged this truck put a steel fuel tank in the bed, then left it set empty for a year or two. I guaged my FF output side and the filter is plugging in less than a thousand miles. Not to good a deal for an OTR driver, can't afford to be changing filters every other day. So I haven't been using the tank. . . with fuel costs that seems sorta dumb. Anyway I was thinking about throwing a magnet in the tank, will this collect most the rust so it doesn't end up in my FF? Other idea was to use a syphon in the morning after the rust has had all night to settle. If I wasn't a pauper I'd just buy an aluminum tank, that's what anybody with any sence would do. Sitting in Shreveport Flying J, going home for Thanksgiving. Truck ran a whole month without breaking. Keeping my fingers crossed. Thing is averaging 19+ MT at 70 MPH. Decided to quit being the only guy on the Interstates doing 60. . . still don't make no matter, everybody still passing me by.



Cheers,

Steve J

 

[willyslover]

Steve. . napa makes a spin on filter and bracket, not very pricey but you could pre filter all your fuel from the extra tank. . it's 1/2" pipe in and out. . you could reduce down if your running smaller lines. . buy several extra filters and let it flow...

do you use a valve to fill from one tank to the other then shut if off once filled ?... do a couple tanks and change the filter . . several times of that should clean it up ???. . or pull off the tank and have it hot tanked out then re-install with this filter unit so all fuel from one to the other is filtered fuel

 

[Joe G.]

Steve,



You can rig a settlement bulb type filter in the bed somewhere that is easy to get to. It has a fine copper screen that is easy to clean. Easy to see when it's dirty. No cartridges to clean. Just dump the rust, wipe out the bowl, and blow the rust off the screen. That will remove almost all of the rust particles so your fuel filter will last a lot longer. NAPA has them. Cheap.

 

[OTRPU]

Thanks for the ideas guys. This thing is hard plumbed out the bottom and gravity feeds, there's an inline valve, but not much length to install anything else. I'll see what can be done under the bed. Why in the hey would anybody install a steel tank? Good grief. Ain't half bad in LA, people running round in shorts & tank shirts. . . I'm used to driving through snow and rain. Decided to go back through Chanute, KS, maybe find a load for trip home.



Cheers,

Steve J

 

[cksh8me]

Rusty tank

When you get home drain the tank. Take it to a radiatior shop and have it boiled out then you can buy a tank sealer pour it in the tank and rotate it around to seal the metal.





Good luck

 

[Black-Smoker]

For the price he pays for the sealer and the boil he could buy a new tank. I purchased a quart of that sealer and I think that it cost about 50. 00 and that barely did the tank on my John Deere model D.

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

Some years ago I had a Weatherguard tank in the bed. It rusted continuously and I don't know how many bulk filters and engine fuel filters I changed with it. Finally it developed a stress crack in the side near an internal baffle and I threw it away. Since then I have used Transfer Flow aluminized steel and aluminum diamond plate tanks and haven't had any trouble with them at all.



So, you may never get yours to stop rusting and if it were mine, I'd start saving up for a better tank. If any particles get through the filters, you will be paying big time for injection system parts.