ATV fuel problems

Got to the tank
Draining:

Can see lots of stuff in the bottom of the tank.
Def needs cleaned.
Will report progress.

48° but 30 mph wind gusts
Good to be doing it in the heated shop , not in the middle of the woods with few tools.

 

Time to start filtering the fuel as it goes in?

 

Yea, a screen on the jugs would help.

 

Progress
Wasn't as hard as I thought. Came out relatively easy.

Can see the on/reserve stand pipes


Tank out, no easy way to fully drain or clean:

Problem:


Founds a dead bug & parts, small pieces of clear & red plastic, dirt & looks like fine wood chips. (no water)
Few years ago I added an inline fuel filter.
Cleaned the high/low filters & the tank best I could:


back together:

 

Runnin' gooder now, I hope?

 

Hope that was the problem.
Didn't take the off/reserve/on valve apart, the screens should keep the ports on it clean

When it quit in the woods, I pulled the fuel hose to the carb , no fuel & the tank was over 1/2.
Gravity feed so I figured something had the fuel source plugged.

After I blew back thru the hose to the tank, fuel started running again.
14 years of accumulation of stuff.

 

Good Deal
and you thought you were going to get the day off

 

Makes me think I should check the saw's fuel screen
soon. Saw a head ache in the woods.

 

I went a little farther with my thinkin' that he might need to get a new 4wheeler.

 

Though it isn't hard on the back, arms & shoulders.
Just hard on patience , figuring out how to get things apart & back together.

 

Yea
One with power steering.
Over 1/2 the arm & shoulder soreness is from fighting the steering thru the woods.
Cut some , load some helps but in 4 wheel drive,
it's a bear to turn
& backing up the trailer in the woods is next to impossible

 

One word..........UTV.
Another word.....steering wheel. Ok, two words.

 

New UTV, then need a new trailer

Just add $$ LOL

Become a snow bird, might be cheaper

 

Yep, just like that.
Shazayam!

 

Thats why I like the older smaller ones!

 

Yea I have no idea why they didnt put inline filters on these things. When I got my honda 300 it had a clogged up carb. There was all kinds of rust dust n particles. Only the mesh screen thats on the on/reserve

 

^^^this^^^
love my power steering!!!

 

because nobody would pull the covers off and change them until they were clogged anyway?

 

I put mine so I can just reach in there and pull it out. And I can see it if I look from side. Its a larger size one. Would take a lot of crud to stop it up