Astrid: Gas Tank Testing

At the risk of adding even more corrosion to the inside of the tank, I ran water through Astrid's reserve line to see if a lot of gunk would come out.  There was some sediment, but nothing a good filter couldn't handle. The bigger chunks stayed inside the tank as expected.

I'm considering filling the tank with Evapo-Rust and letting it sit for a couple days before then flushing it out again and finally replacing with gas.

Though with all the sparking going on, I'm still a bit nervous having gas in the metal tank.  Maybe I should leave the Evapo-Rust in until a more permanent (non-sparking) battery solution is in place.  Wouldn't hurt to let the Evapo-Rust sit for as long as possible anyway.


The old fuel filter cracked and the rubber fuel lines themselves are brittle and perished.  I'll need to see about replacing the fuel lines completely.