FYI sandblasting gas tank and carb woes.

[Mekanix]

Hi, Just sharing my experience and passing along some knowledge.

Last year I sandblasted and powder coated my tank.

Turned out great but there was some ultra fine grit that made its way all the way to the float needle and it was enough to hold them open and flood the carbs. (yes I cleaned the tank several times before putting it on)


Here are my solution's

1 clean the tank again and again and again.

2 use a drip loop or a T fitting that is lower than the carb with one hose off the T going down lower.

Its just something to keep the larger particles somewhere that they can't make it up to the carb. and you can drain it every now and then.

3 replace the needle and seat.


I've found that even after using perfectly clean gas the needle and seats still did not seat well enough. (this is with the carb on the bench and float bowl off while watching gas flow into a container.) Floats up and still it let the gas through.


Just think about how small of a particle that made it through the tank filter and the needle seat filter and stopped the needle from seating.

Hope this helps someone that has a weird flooding issue.


thanks for reading