How To Clean out the Fuel Tank

[AndreaV]

We purchased new in 2011 a Mahindra 3016 Shuttle We have had LOTS of issues with there being debris in the Fuel Tank like metal and plastic little pieces. We have gone thru LOTS of fuel filters and also had a repair guy try to remove as much debris as he could with tweezers. Now even after changing the fuel filter the tractor gets starved of fuel. I need to either purchase a new fuel tank or drain the existing fuel tank and find a way to really clean the inside. Does anyone have any experience with this issue. I would really really appreciate any help. Is there a drain plug on this fuel tank? (I could not find one) and I could use some help on the best way to remove the existing tank. The Fuel supply line coming out of the fuel tank does not allow enough to drain out the diesel.
Thank you for any help.
Sincerely,
Andrea

 

[Roadworthy]

Try to score a shop manual for your tractor. It should give the procedure for removing the tank. If you can remove the tank you can probably flush it properly, invert it, or whatever. If you can do that you'll probably not need a new tank.

 

[RustyA]

How to Clean Diesel Fuel Tanks some suggestions here.

 

[YanmarFever]

A vacuum cleaner with a long hose will suck out debris from the tank without removing it.

 

[Acethe3rd]

How did you even get in the fuel tank? On mine, it has a plastic filter and then a screen in the bottom. I didn’t want to waste fuel looking in the tank but didn’t want to tear screen out either. I am going out and look at it again. It was about dark when I was working on it last night.