Just when you thought you heard it all someone comes along with a new one.
I got back from a ride this afternoon and thought I'd fuel up before heading home so I had a full tank for the work week. I keep my wallet in my left front pocket and when I pulled up to the pump, removed my gas cap, grabbed my wallet from my pocket and opened it, a gum wrapper I had stuffed in my pocket earlier fell out and would you believe, scurried down into my tank. I decided not to top up and rode home instead.
Perplexed and wondering what sinks, what floats, I placed another gum wrapper in a jar of gasoline only to discover that it sinks to the bottom. So I grabbed a siphon hose and siphoned my tank, twice, hoping I would suck the offending matter up through the hose. No such luck. Then I pondered worse case scenarios by just leaving it and came up with a possible plugged petcock. If so, I could just switch to reserve, then I thought what if it plugged the reserve feed? Hmmmm, the wrapper sinks to the bottom, the petcock is gravity fed, not a lot of suction and the lines are higher than the very bottom of the tank so I hope not much chance of that happening.
I still have the other wrapper in a small jar of gasoline to see if it does break down, gets slimy or gummy overnight.
My only other option I can think of is to remove the tank, drain it and flush it out with water. Is this advisable and how does one dry a tank after rinsing it with water?
