Gas tank, buy new or get cleaned out? Options

[hndyhrr]

the pumpkin's gas tank has black flakes in it when I looked with the borescope. Should I have it cleaned(boiled?) out or should I get a new one. If cleaned out do radiator shops do that?

Thanks

Renee

[Jack Standz]

Probably a good idea to replace it, especially if the flakes you saw were corrosion.

It's very discouraging to go to all the work to refurbish a gas tank only to have it leak. If you have one leak, how long untill another pinhole pops up? And, I've read that some sealants end up failing. But, don't know, never used it other than a small puncture fixed with some special epoxy putty stuff on a car that wasn't worth making a proper fix.

As for cleaning the new tank, either not necessary or you could slosh some gas around inside, especially if you see any dirt from manufacturing. Just looked at a brand new tank and can't see any dirt ir debris inside it.