Cleaning Tanks

[Dick B in KY]

Has anyone who cleaned their tanks with acetone as per Service Bulletin #60 had any residual effects on the sight gauges tubing or any other problems afterward? Just getting ready to perform this operation on my SS and wanted to avoid any other problem. Also, with the wings installed, how much sloshing did you have to do (rocking the wings)?

Thanks,
Dick B

[desertfox1]

We cleaned my tanks a couple weeks ago with acetone/100ll.
4 times with a good shake each time. Have about 4 hours on
her now and pulled the air filters yesterday. Carbs are clean
as new, sight tubes are clear. I'm going to change the fuel
filter at 8 hours. So far, all good!

Phil

[cardinal flier]

I also sloshed my tanks 5 times with acetone/avgas mixture, followed with avgas sloshing. I've run my Rotax almost 1 hour on the ground, broken up into 4-5 sessions, and see NO evidence of BSS. My first flight is probably this Friday, and I will check the carbs often, looking for BSS residue. My wings are mounted, and I rocked the wings enough to get the wheels off the ground (Grove gear). So far, no discoloration to the sight gages.
Bruce

[Dick B in KY]

Thanks for the responses. Glad to see there are no after effects so far.

Dick B

[Dorsal]

Used straight acetone to slosh mine, 60 hours later all is good.

[cap01]

dorsal , since you had the problems , did you change the hoses and clean the header tank also ?