fuel tank washout

[SR]

well the underside is nearly done so its time to start thinking of putting it back together, the petrol in the tank was in there for around ten years,yellow and orrible , is there a special cleaner to pour in or is it best to wash out wiyh very expensive petrol? cheers steve

[rayofleamington]

is there a special cleaner to pour in or is it best to wash out wiyh very expensive petrol?

I just ran through fresh petrol on my 57 - it had been standing 25 years but was ok after that.
However 4 years later the petrol stopped working properly and it took me another year or so (when it finally stopped working altogether) to figure out it was petrol degradation

The raymobile was standing ~15 years but is now running by just sticking some more petrol in it (and 2 hours work and changing the petrol pump too )

[Cam]

Yes the old petrol that came out of the Raymobile was orange! It ran MUCH better with fresh stuff in there.