Crap in my gas tank Again

[shinnlinger]

Hi,
Get my brush hog all sharpened up and do a section of a field when the tractor starts to stutter and then stalls.   Sure enough the fuel   Bowl is empty but fills up slowly.  I restart and head of the barn and put Ina
New filter but the fuel is just tricking in. Last year I took the tank out and found a peice of foil but it is kinda a pain.  Can I blow air up the line?   Seem like a bad idea but really don't want to have to pull the tank
If I can help it
Dave

[beenthere]

Blowing the line back out might work for awhile. Then either will need to do it again, or bite the bullet and clean out the tank. Your choice.

[Clam77]

Seems like biting the bullet and having to clean it out is something that always happens when you need the machine the most.   :D

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

I blew air through the lines with the air hose once and ended up knocking more crud off the walls of the tank and lines than what I had to start with. It worked for a while and then REALLY got stopped up. We finally just took the tank of and cleaned it. That was 2 years ago. Still running so far with no problems.

[ArborJake]

 Take the cap off the tank first.

[shinnlinger]

i might try pumping it out with the suction end crammed down by the outlet and see if I get anything exciting.

[Ironwood]

I have some cork from the old float in my Bobcat tank, and when the manual states "Remove engine to get tank out" I begin thinking of other options like a LARGE suction hose and/or a fiber optic camera. It would be ALOT cheaper than pulling the engine AND then I would have it for the next project. I did blow back through the line at one point and luckily I didnt do it with the pickup screen on, as it has a built in check valve and would have likely blow it off in the tank haveing to replace it. So, if you can try using "mouth pressure" to see if it is even possible THEN try pressurized air. There was a bunch of cork stuck in my elbow where it comes out of the tank and WOW did that garbage fly out of there with the pressurized air. And,,,,a oh yeah take off the filler cap ;)

Ironwood

[shinnlinger]

Went out this morning prepared to take the tank out, but I took a cheap drill powered pump and shoved it in the tank instead.   The hose didn't want to go to the bottom of the tank so I stuck a peice of gas welding rod in there as a guide and the hose follows the rod down to the petcock.  Sucked some fuel and what do you know?  Another peice of foil.   Running well again.   For now. 

[Delawhere Jack]

Take the cap off the tank first.

Yes......, take the cap off first......... trust me...... :-[

[Clam77]

Where is all this foil coming from??   ???

[shinnlinger]

My guess is the foil
Is from some diesel adative back in the day.   I thought I blew it out pretty good last year, but I guess there was some still stuck by surface tension.