Re: Help gas tank draining question

Posted by Ghost-Flame on Mar 27, 2012; 4:25pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Help-gas-tank-draining-question-tp3861790p3861947.html

sgtslag wrote

My guess is that it is there to act as the stop-valve for the regular tank:  when the regular tank goes "empty", you have to switch to Reserve to finish draining it.  Anyway, I would suggest using compressed air to dry out the tank.  Just spray air into it until it is completely dry.  I used this technique to dry circuit boards, many years ago:  they had many, sharp, short component legs on them, each of which could tear your skin if you brushed against them; compressed air dried the boards quickly, efficiently, and with little effort.  Quick drying was necessary to avoid oxidation of the board's circuit traces.  Cheers!

Okay, I edited my above post. That plastic thing is a screen that extends up in there about 3.5 inches. Now I'm concerned about the sealer which is some kind of space age, flexible plastic that you coat the inside with by pouring the sealer in and tumbling the tank for about 30 minutes. Then you are to drain off the excess. that screen was causing a problem but now, with screen out there is still about  1 ounce of rinse water in there, that's not a problem with either compressed air or a heat gun. POR-15 warns not to allow excess to remain because if it puddles it won't cure right and cause the sealer to fail.