27-06-2019, 10:55 PM
I did the same for Chitti....it had it's first run out in about 40 years & the fuel tap inlet blocked. Removed the tap & caught the 4 or so litres, it started slowly & then came out in a rush. Dropped my little cheapo LED torch in the tank(!) it stayed on despite being half covered in petrol and fished it out with a telescopic magnet that latched on to the steel clip on the strap!!
Wrote off a few more pints of fuel & put it all back together...perfect (until some more crud detaches itself no doubt), my tap has no tube for the inlet, so it in effect draws from two "reserve " holes at about the same level, thus the pick up is in the crud, not above it! Next time it is off I'll have a go at fitting a longer pick up pipe.
The fuel went in clear & came out looking more like weak tomato soup, although the inside of the tank did not look too bad & the magnet didn't pick up anything large.
Wrote off a few more pints of fuel & put it all back together...perfect (until some more crud detaches itself no doubt), my tap has no tube for the inlet, so it in effect draws from two "reserve " holes at about the same level, thus the pick up is in the crud, not above it! Next time it is off I'll have a go at fitting a longer pick up pipe.
The fuel went in clear & came out looking more like weak tomato soup, although the inside of the tank did not look too bad & the magnet didn't pick up anything large.