L295 clogged fuel

[Pau7220]

I decided not to coat tank - hope it doesn’t bite me in the rear!

Smart move…. Read the directions on tank coatings.
Diesel fuel leaves paraffin on the walls of the tank which is nearly impossible to clean without tank disassembly and manually cleaning it.

Reading info here >> https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/b2150-fuel-tank-leaking.46298/#post-400586

 

[D2Cat]

I've got a DitchWitch R40 trencher. Has a gas tank that is integrated into part of the machine. Be a major job to get the tank off and cleaned. The machine in a 1980 model so it's have a lot of opportunities to get junk and rust in the tank. It has a sediment bowl, inline filter, then a lift pump (which it doesn't actually need). I had trouble getting it to run for any extended period of time last week so I spent several hours trying to get the tank clean.

Here's a collection of the majority of it. Even found a 3" screw in there! This is a plastic container for Cool Whip.

 

[Mark_BX25D]

hope it doesn’t bite me in the rear!

Hope is not a battle plan.

Glad you got it running.

 

[Mark_BX25D]

Even found a 3" screw in there!

That's impressive!


Kinda makes the tea strainer look like a good idea.

 

[Tgore76]

Well - used tractor extensively over past week. When idling and sitting sideways on a grade (right side downhill) noticed some diesel slowly dripping near my boot on throttle pedal . I looked and it’s dripping off the area where mounting bolts are (which is the weld/seam.

once level - the dripping stopped. Any thoughts? Just use it and don’t fill tank full - as I’ll rarely be sitting/working sideways on a grade? Is there a connection I might have missed (near top of tank)? Worth taking off and coating over winter? Feasibility?