[TR] TR2/3 gas tank question

[wbeech at flash.net]

Angelo,

Not sure what the list will say as far as the best cleaning agents as I have
never had to go there with my TR3, but if you are not currently using a
replaceable cartridge in-line filter (available at any FLAPS) then I would
highly recommend you install one before you get on the road.

Bill 

Bill Beecher
'58 TR-3A TS30766L  "Tarbaby"
www.triumphowners.com/1566
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
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-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Angelo Graham
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 12:37 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] TR2/3 gas tank question

  Hello List:
Re-installing my gas tank after it has been sitting indoors for some time. I
originally had the tank cleaned at a rad shop and I sprayed the inside
liberally with engine storage spray before storing it. The tank looked
great, with no crud or rust on the inside. The tank now has a light coat of
powdery rust on some of the inside panels.
I sloshed a mixture of gasoline/varsol around the tank and it came out rust
brown. Can't see beyond the baffles in the tank, but it does look cleaner
where the solvent/gasoline washed it.
Should I expect problems from this light coating of rust? Will it overwhelm
the in-line gas line filter in short order? The rad shop fellow said it
shouldn't be a problem.
Any advice on this?
Thanks in advance.
Angelo Graham

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