Scott06
Admiral
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Depends on what you find when you empty the tank.When you say "remove the fuel from existing tank and clean it out," do you mean clean out the fuel and return it to the tank, or do you mean clean out the tank?
Empty all the contents. When I have this with old cars and rusty steel tanks I have used my vacuum extractor to suck it out, put it in covered 5 gal buckets And let it settle out. in my case I let the rust and Schmeg settle, sucked of the top couple gallons and ran it through a paint filter and used it. If it were phase separated with sludge use it to light bonfires.
once tank is empty take a look at what’s in there may be able to flush it in place or may have to remove tank and really clean it. Then take all fittings apart and replace any hoses, screens pickup tubes that are clogged etc anitsiphon is a big one.
had this years ago on my grandfather boat. Cleaned whole fuel system replaced the lines , rebuilt carb new points ran like a top