Fuel tank dramas

[LaraWilde]

I had my Chev painted and during the three years it sat in the paint shop with the tank open the diesel evaporated and left a diesel, paint dust, rust, general crud scum in my tank. I had it cleaned. It is one of two tanks that I carry - the one I am talking about is the standard one behind my seat.

The other day I ran out of fuel when I switched form the back tank to the front tank.
At first I thought that my super efforts to rewire my stereo had knocked the switch that switches from tank to tank and so it was a wiring thing.
I took it to an auto electrician who looked at it for 10 minutes and then charged me $22 to tell me he didn't know.
(BTW - I am opening a shop where you can pay me $22 per ten minutes and I will tell you I don't know - it could be any topic... auto electrics, brain surgery, child care, cooking - I don't know a lot of stuff).

Anywhos then I started thinking about the last time this happened...
The outlet pipe on the tank behind the seat lost the little mesh filter when it was cleaned out. In the past this pipe has clogged up.
I think that may have happened again.

Before I pull the seat out and go to town fixing it - can any one tell me if I can buy the little bit of mesh??? or if I can make my own type of mesh???? or if there is another filter I can put there????
Or even if you have any ideas about this drama...

[red71c10]

Originally Posted by LaraWilde

I took it to an auto electrician who looked at it for 10 minutes and then charged me $22 to tell me he didn't know.
(BTW - I am opening a shop where you can pay me $22 per ten minutes and I will tell you I don't know - it could be any topic... auto electrics, brain surgery, child care, cooking - I don't know a lot of stuff).

I'm kind of going through a similar situation. I suppose you could always buy some screen mesh and fabricate your own strainer if you don't want to buy an entire sending unit. You may also need to flush the tank. That's what I'm looking at, but I'm leaning more towards replacing it.

By the way, Brothers now sells the tool needed to remove the sending unit locking ring on these tanks.

[rlm316]

Try disconnecting the line and blowing it back with an air line. If it's clogged, that will clear it. Just be careful about the blowback in the cab.

[LaraWilde]

I just had the tank flushed... that is how they lost the filter.
I will try the blow back idea.
Thanx

[Mister laugh]

As far as i can tell you cannot buy the strainer anywhere, the best option i found was to clean the tank and lines and run it without a strainer.

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by Mister laugh

As far as i can tell you cannot buy the strainer anywhere, the best option i found was to clean the tank and lines and run it without a strainer.

Here in the states you can get the strainers from your local Chevy dealer. Part #5651705. It is listed as a filter.

LockDoc

[LaraWilde]

Is there an additive I can put in the tank to clean the diesel?