Rust found in my fuel lines.....
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Rust found in my fuel lines.....
Hi all,
I'm new and need a bit of help / advice. I am currently re-lining the tanks on my 94' springer. When I washed them out huge chunks of the old liner came out as well as a s**tload of rust. This got me to looking at the hoses. I took a couple of q-tips attached to a wire hanger and found rust in there as well. Now I've been using and in-line filter to the carb for a while but I suspect this rust build up has been an issue since before I bought the bike used two years ago.
I said all that to ask this. What kind of damage should I worry about to the carb and the rest of the engine? What's a good way to check?
I appreciate your input.
I'm new and need a bit of help / advice. I am currently re-lining the tanks on my 94' springer. When I washed them out huge chunks of the old liner came out as well as a s**tload of rust. This got me to looking at the hoses. I took a couple of q-tips attached to a wire hanger and found rust in there as well. Now I've been using and in-line filter to the carb for a while but I suspect this rust build up has been an issue since before I bought the bike used two years ago.
I said all that to ask this. What kind of damage should I worry about to the carb and the rest of the engine? What's a good way to check?
I appreciate your input.
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Rust won't hurt your engine...but eventually you will be stranded because your needle and seat in your carb gets stuck open. No filter will absolutely stop this...if it lets gas thru, sooner or later the rust will get to the carb. Por-15 makes a kit to redo your tanks, they even have remover for old tank liners. RElining tanks is a LOT of work, and the finished result is not as good as a rustfree unlined tank IMO. If you plan to let the bike sit for any amount of time, make sure it is full. If you have a stock paint job keep an eye on ebay... sooner or later you can find a set in good shape for a descent price.
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So this is the first drainage of the tanks. As you can see, all kinds of rust along with chunks of old liner.
Here are a few of the old liner chunks.
So I cleaned and cleaned and cleaned the tanks until no chunks came out. I must have run 70 gallons of water through them after the acid bath. Last night I have actually finished lining the tank with Red-Kote and I must say, I doubt I'll have to worry about it much after all this. I can give a detailled account of what I did if anyone is interested. Oh, and I did it all for $37.85 and it took me around 9 hours (only because it was in such poor shape)
Bunkerbeer - As for going to a dealer I live 50 minutes away from one and I have a local mechaninc, but much like many others I'm running on hardly any budget at all.
Tom84FXST - I'm not sure if I read you right. Are you saying that an in-line fiter is a bad or unnecessary thing? As for buying a new tank, like I said above, hardly any budget.
Here are a few of the old liner chunks.
So I cleaned and cleaned and cleaned the tanks until no chunks came out. I must have run 70 gallons of water through them after the acid bath. Last night I have actually finished lining the tank with Red-Kote and I must say, I doubt I'll have to worry about it much after all this. I can give a detailled account of what I did if anyone is interested. Oh, and I did it all for $37.85 and it took me around 9 hours (only because it was in such poor shape)
Bunkerbeer - As for going to a dealer I live 50 minutes away from one and I have a local mechaninc, but much like many others I'm running on hardly any budget at all.
Tom84FXST - I'm not sure if I read you right. Are you saying that an in-line fiter is a bad or unnecessary thing? As for buying a new tank, like I said above, hardly any budget.
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