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rickinTN 
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Location: Franklin, TN
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 Topic: Getting D19 fuel tank cleaned
Posted: 30 Aug 2023 at 9:09am |
Hello all! New kid on the block here! My dad left me a D19. It wasn't started for the last several years of his life. Dad would never leave any fuel in any equipment. I recently got the tractor started but it will only run for 3 or 4 minutes until rust clogs up the fuel system before it even gets to the sediment bowl. I've run it 4 or 5 times and cleaned the valve apparatus out but it just clogs up again. Anyone have any ideas of how I might go about getting the rust out of the tank better? It is a pain to completely drain the tank each time. I will resort to only putting a gallon or so into the tank each time until I'm relatively sure the system is clear of rust. Any help or suggestions much appreciated. Thanks, and take care! Rick
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Acdiesel
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Posted: 30 Aug 2023 at 11:27am |
Welcome to the forum, there are several ways to clean the tank.
The best way that I have found is to remove the tank from the tractor, remove the fuel gauge and sediment bowl, pressure wash the inside of the tank, that gets the heavy rust/scale off- let it dry a little. I then put a pipe plug in where the bowl goes and put about 1/2 to 3/4 of a gallon of phosphoric acid in the tank and then let the tank sit for about 20 to 30 minutes on each of the six sides. drain out the acid and flush the tank with water. give it a quick dry out with some compressed air and put a little gas in there and splash it around, then drain out the gas and the tank is shiny new inside.
I've had some that I was able to clean up with the just the pressure washer, and dry it out in the sun and some compressed air.
Dan
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plummerscarin
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Posted: 30 Aug 2023 at 11:52am |
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I’ve added a chain to the above to knock stuff loose. Retrieved the chain with a magnet
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DSeries4
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Posted: 30 Aug 2023 at 4:19pm |
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Take it to a local shop. They will clean it with muriatic acid - gets rid of everything. Get the inside coated afterwards to prevent any new rust from forming. Fill with fresh fuel and you will not have to worry about it again.
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Posted: 31 Aug 2023 at 6:35am |
I'm not sure how bad it is, but I bought a D17 wiht some rust in the tank. I flushed it wiht gas but it wasn't enough. I finally ran water throguh it over and over until it came out clean. Dried it out and it's been good for 2 years now. I like the power washing idea.
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AC720Man
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Posted: 01 Sep 2023 at 10:07pm |
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We used muriatic acid as well followed by a pressure washer. Came out shiny clean. Plugged the hose of my shop vac into the exhaust hole and let it blow into the tank for about 20 minutes to dry the inside.
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