Diesel bacteria in the tank!

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Something that has been on the todo-list for a while was to take a proper look inside the fuel tank. I got my hands on an endoscope and to my horror found this huge blob of something on the bottom. Had to get it out!

Disgusting!

So I had to get the fuel tank out and bring it home for cleaning. Pretty easy if you are able to empty it completely first.

It’s out!
50 years of dirt under the fuel tank

So I took the tank home and emptied the rest of the diesel in some jugs. The last bits were all black goo. Then I used a pressure washers with warm water to rinse the tank multiple times until clean water ran out.

To help dry the fuel tank, I used the blow function on my wet vacuum and let it run for half an hour or so. Nice and clean now!

Fuel tank at home
Drying with blowing function of wet vacuum