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Gents,
My post on fuel filters stirred some old thought processes. If that's possible for me. Anyway, about a hundred years ago, while working on a fire truck here in San Diego, we had some rusty parts that needed to come off so, one of the seasoned mechanics used some Coke, aka Coca-cola, on the rusted parts and is dissolved the rust pretty thouroughly. Well, like stated, that was a while ago, and this is now. On the advise of one of the replies to my fuel filter sediment problem, I checked my tank and there's considerable rust in in the whole tank. It's 24 years old, I guess that's par for the course.
Anyway, he suggested a product that's supposed to work well but is just a bit pricey, around $300.00 plus or minus for enough to do the job. That's up there alright. He also stated I won't have to remove the tank to do the process. That's a good thing!! Well, what I'm thinking here is, maybe I'll try the "Coke" thing first. Certainly quite a bit cheaper and it probably can't hurt, even if it doesn't do the trick. Have any of you used or experienced the "Coke" application on rusted parts or even a tank cleaning try? I don't mind doing some work to remedy my problem but, like most of you, I'd like to keep the cost down as much as possible until I absolutely have to go the high route.
I'm in the process of a little experiment right now, if you were to view my "fuel filter" post, you'd see my filter and the sediment that was in it. I don't know how long that filter had been in place so, I replaced it. I'm going to check the new one out in a month or so to see if there's the same amount of junk in it. If so, it's treatment time. If not, well, I might leave well enough alone. I've only owned the bike about a month and a half and bought it with 35K on it and it had just completed a trip from MI to CA when I purchased it. It actually runs very well. What's any-ones thoughts here on the "Coke" treatment. Thanks wingers.
Scott
Gents,
My post on fuel filters stirred some old thought processes. If that's possible for me. Anyway, about a hundred years ago, while working on a fire truck here in San Diego, we had some rusty parts that needed to come off so, one of the seasoned mechanics used some Coke, aka Coca-cola, on the rusted parts and is dissolved the rust pretty thouroughly. Well, like stated, that was a while ago, and this is now. On the advise of one of the replies to my fuel filter sediment problem, I checked my tank and there's considerable rust in in the whole tank. It's 24 years old, I guess that's par for the course.
Anyway, he suggested a product that's supposed to work well but is just a bit pricey, around $300.00 plus or minus for enough to do the job. That's up there alright. He also stated I won't have to remove the tank to do the process. That's a good thing!! Well, what I'm thinking here is, maybe I'll try the "Coke" thing first. Certainly quite a bit cheaper and it probably can't hurt, even if it doesn't do the trick. Have any of you used or experienced the "Coke" application on rusted parts or even a tank cleaning try? I don't mind doing some work to remedy my problem but, like most of you, I'd like to keep the cost down as much as possible until I absolutely have to go the high route.
I'm in the process of a little experiment right now, if you were to view my "fuel filter" post, you'd see my filter and the sediment that was in it. I don't know how long that filter had been in place so, I replaced it. I'm going to check the new one out in a month or so to see if there's the same amount of junk in it. If so, it's treatment time. If not, well, I might leave well enough alone. I've only owned the bike about a month and a half and bought it with 35K on it and it had just completed a trip from MI to CA when I purchased it. It actually runs very well. What's any-ones thoughts here on the "Coke" treatment. Thanks wingers.
Scott