There’s a Suzuki DL650 that haven’t been started in six years. I’m slowly working to get it running again, and cleaning rust deposits out of the tank is the current goal. My hand is too big to fit in the hole so I made a thing.
There’s a Suzuki DL650 that haven’t been started in six years. I’m slowly working to get it running again, and cleaning rust deposits out of the tank is the current goal. My hand is too big to fit in the hole so I made a thing.
There’s a ~7% acetic acid solution in the tank, enriched with a handful of screws and bolts. It eats through the rust as pacman eats the dots, you just have to help it get to where it’s needed. The Contraption helps accelerating process when I’m tired of violently shaking it.
You can use every Facebook mom trick in the book, the tank will just rust again in hours. You can seal it, but then the sealer will flake off sooner or later.
Shocked no one has suggested apple cider vinegar yet. I thought this was the internet.
Or just take it to the radiator shop and have it boiled out. Usually it’s not as rusty as you think, its varnish and junk. Then you can CLR the rest.