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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Blocked petrol Tank Pick Up

By a process of deduction I have identified that the pick up in the petrol tank is blocked.

Anybody got any ideas how I get access to it to unblock it. I would like to keep the tank as it's a proper Frogeye tank so is correct for the car.
Rob Sheldon

You can fit a grese gun to the tank outlet and pump it free. Or if it is a 90 degree fitting where the line screws on you can drill a small hole in the 90 degree fitting and then through that you can run a strong piece of heavy wire. Make a small jog on the very end and power it with your drill motor.. Then you can tap the hole and screw in a screw along with good sealer to block the hole you made.
DARNOC31

probably a little dangerous, but I've put an airline on the carb end before an blew everything backwards. You'll still need to get the crap out of the tank somehow though, so you'll probably have to drop the tank and clean it anyway.


Paul
Paul Barnes

Easier and quicker to probably just drop the tank and swill it out with spare petrol and blow through the pick up pipe at the same time.
I remember my first car a Triumph Herald 13/60 suffered from perpetual fuel cut outs and I kept on pulling out what looked like fag butt fibres out of the petrol pump filter. I finally got exasperated and took the tank out and flushed it through and eventually pulled a disintegrating Kentucky Fried Chicken cardboard box out of the tank which some kind soul had thoughtfully fed into the filler pipe at some stage. Locking petrol caps were expensive in those days! I lived in Glasgow then and there was ample waste ground on which to swill out the dirty petrol. Not sure I'd get away with that today!
Matt1275Bucks

Matt. Perhaps you would like to explain exactly what "fag butt fibres" are, for the benefit of US readers?

(I think it has a different meaning over there!)
r thomas

Well the should learn to speak English!
Over to you Prop............
Matt1275Bucks

This thread was discussed on 10/10/2012

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