Tank Liner Issue

[jetmechmarty]

Wow what a wrap job ! King Tut should have it so good.

The paint was new and I was using paint stripper in my first attempt to remove the liner. I thought the multi layer wrap was appropriate. The important part is that it worked.

[vedgar]

King Tut

Wow what a wrap job ! King Tut should have it so good.

[jetmechmarty]

If you don't mind messing up the paint job, use acetone and lengths of plant-hanger chain. Turn the float assembly backwards (inside-out) and use a piece of innertube as a gasket. Remove the petcocks and use flat stock with a gasket (I used big orings). If you use nuts as abasive material, you will never get them all out. Chain is easier to snag. This work for me with the rubbery tank liner that was in there.

Acetone or MEK will not harm the paint if necessary precautions are taken. Fuel cocks and sending unit must be removed. Abrasive media is easy enough to remove.



I used the clothes dryer after packing the tank in a few sleeping bags.

[vedgar]

same problem

I will wait til spring when the weather is warmer. Filling the tank half full with acetone and then rotating it slightly will work . I put a piece of the liner in a capful of acetone and the acetone destroyed it. I also want to save the exterior paint. cover with plastic wrap and metal tape. BE CAREFUL, acetone is highly flammable and should be used in a well ventilated area. Not the basement in the winter.

[D0wn5h1ft]

If you don't mind messing up the paint job, use acetone and lengths of plant-hanger chain. Turn the float assembly backwards (inside-out) and use a piece of innertube as a gasket. Remove the petcocks and use flat stock with a gasket (I used big orings). If you use nuts as abasive material, you will never get them all out. Chain is easier to snag. This work for me with the rubbery tank liner that was in there.

Also, don't use little fish tank pebbles (this was recommended to me). There is still one of those ******* flying around my gas tank that I will probably never be able to get out (even after the hour and a half I spent trying to get all of them out).

[skids]

If you don't mind messing up the paint job, use acetone and lengths of plant-hanger chain. Turn the float assembly backwards (inside-out) and use a piece of innertube as a gasket. Remove the petcocks and use flat stock with a gasket (I used big orings). If you use nuts as abasive material, you will never get them all out. Chain is easier to snag. This work for me with the rubbery tank liner that was in there.

[jetmechmarty]

Mike,

I just went through this and posted on one of the XS650 forums. I'll share here.

Failed Tank Liner

The important part is to protect the paint, and that is covered in the above thread. Also, I tried paint stripper first. It made a mess and didn't work. I recommend you try acetone or MEK first. If it was a solvent based liner, either of those should dissolve it. Those resin removal media from Harbor Freight cleaned it all up.

Contact me, and I'll talk you through it. Read my thread and avoid my mistakes.

[MPittma100]

I have recently encountered a Venturer fuel tank that was previously lined with a yellowish colored liner. The liner has begun to release from the tank in small pieces. The pieces end up at the petcock filters.

I need to know what is the best way to remove the remainder of the liner and what type of new liner should be reinstalled. The rust in the tank's interior appears to be light surface rust - not that bad. I need to be sure that I do not harm the paint on the tank exterior.

Also, one of the plastic filters from one of the petcocks was loose in the tank. Any suggestions on how to hold it onto the petcock would be appreciated. It is a little loose as is and will not stay on by itself.

Thanks in advance.

Mike