empty tank sat for few months, best way to clean?

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spenceley1
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empty tank sat for few months, best way to clean?

Post by spenceley1 » Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:37 pm

So I took my bike apart as it needed a fair bit of work and now putting it back together, I emptied the tank and have left it sitting since so worried now about rust etc... Best way to give it a good clean before I put it all back together?

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Re: empty tank sat for few months, best way to clean?

Post by richyrd5 » Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:21 am

take of the tap and find a way.of plugging it then swish some petrol round and then drain it.do it one more time and all shoulfd be good.if theres rust spots still in there you may need to have a look at something else to fix it.hth.

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Re: empty tank sat for few months, best way to clean?

Post by spenceley1 » Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:21 pm

Ok sounds good mate, will give it a try, thanks for the advise :)

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