I am trying the music wire now. It is fairly stiff but as soon as it goes it it’s got a 90 degree turn inside the tank. It seems like I might have made part of the turn but am hitting a block. It might have made part of the turn but but the whole thing. I may try a piece of 1 wire in a romex line. It seems like it would be more flexible but depends on how solid the blockage is if it can push thru it or not.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 6, 2022, at 11:30 AM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Gas welding wire, comes in different sizes and is "sort of flexible" which > should work... smooth the end so it doesn't have sharp edges to hang up > going around any bends in the line.... > Once you get it all the way in.. a little back and forth should break up > the blockage... or, chuck the wire into your battery drill and "roto rute" > with back and forth plus low speed spin... > >> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 10:24 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> At the moment I have poured in the sealed and rotated the tank to coat all >> surfaces, after that was done I took the air hose to blow out the 2 lines >> on the bottom of the tank. One of them is the vent line that goes to the >> top of tank. It passed air fine. The other one which is the fuel return >> line apparently routes to the inside of the tank opening up near the bottom >> main supply line to the fuel pump. I assume it connect into the baffle area >> that is at the bottom around the fuel outlet. I can’t get air to pass at >> all. I’m betting it got closed shut at that end by years of fuel sitting in >> it and the end is probably coated in rust/varnish. The cleaning probably >> did not get to that very well. Now that the sealer is already in the tank, >> I now realize I should have checked that before doing the sealer. I guess I >> need to find some stiff enough to snake thru the line and hopefully clear >> it. I Thani a regular snake drain is way too big. I think I may have a >> piece of music wire around here that might work. Any other ideas? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
