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waffey:
Hi

any suggestions on to clean the inside of the fuel tank before I store it. I'm not intending to get it resprayed for another year or so. I'm still stripping my Honda.

thanks in advance

Rob62:
Have you considered using electrolyte and a sacrificial anode? Can’t remember the precise details as its a few years since i employed the tecchnique on my RD tank.... but basically fill the tank with electrolyte (soda crystals and water solution) suspend a metal coat hanger in the tank through the middle of a plastic bung fashioned from an old oil can lid or similar, to isolate it from the tank. Then connect a battery charger to the tank and the coat hanger (can’t remember which way round) and leave for 24 hours.... you’ll be amazed at the amount of rust that lifts off the inside of the tank and deposits on the coat hanger... Works a treat!

Rob62:
Ps, you need to remove the petcock and seal the hole iirc..... i think the aluminium alloy will disappear if you leave it on......

waffey:
thanks Rob62.

I'll YouTube and Google the recipe and have ago

AshimotoK0:
I have treated a few tanks like yours (i.e. lightly rusted)with Deox-C. Then you just need to coat with light oil, WD40 or other rest preventive. I think Bilt Hamber may even do a secondary rust preventative product but never used it.

https://www.bilthamber.com/corrosion-protection-and-rust-treatments/deox-c

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