fuel tank needed

[Barry barker]

Thought I could save the tank, Wrong!! Now I get to rebuild my carburetors. Needs to be rust free. Thanks,

 

[jfeagins]

Bummer. I thought you were able to get the rust rinsed out finally, Barry. It's hard to believe anything big enough to clog jets could make it through a good fuel filter, but it sure seems to do that - a lot - on these Vmaxes.

 

[timscues]

I went thru that and on a fresh motor, the oem tank wans't that bad from one of the online stores

 

[Barry barker]

I bought a crappy metal fuel filter because it was the right size. I should have looked in it before i installed it. It was a screen only I guess. That said, rust dust is pretty fine stuff. My carbs had a lot of rust n them. Clogged two pilot jets. The new fuel tank is nice.

 

[marsmax85]

Check your fuel pump also for rusty crap would not hurt to install a 2nd filter after pump..

 

[Barry barker]

Check your fuel pump also for rusty crap would not hurt to install a 2nd filter after pump..

Lucky for me I had already thought about this happening. Thanks for the heads up. I flushed the fuel lines and took the pump apart and cleaned it. Then I activated the pump flowing the fuel into a white container, I still had rust. Finally installed a second filter after the pump, ran the pump and all is clean now.
That rust got everywhere!!

 

[D-Max2012]

That rust got everywhere!!

Been there,, Done that..
I got so pissed after getting some bad gas, I said, f_ck it and pull the tank out, picked up kit of that KBS 3 step tank sealer kit,

followed the directions closely. Now, it looks like pure water has bee running thru the carbs. It was so bad that I decided to fully clean the fuel system before re-mounting the (now coated) tank, back in the bike. I pulled the pump, cleaned the diaphragms, in and out tubes, all rubber fuel lines also.. I didn't want a speck of foreign matter in there. 3 years now,,, Still spotless.