i found some dirt and a tiny piece of a stick in my gas tank:
1st. will that mess up my sp500 in any way
2nd. how the hell should i get that sh*t out
3rd. how the hell did it get in there

2000sportsman500RSE
2000lbs. warn winch
front & back bumpers
anti-front roll bar
~NO HILL TO STEEP....NO HOLE TO DEEP..RIDE HARD...GO DEEP.....SPORTSMAN 500~

 

I think I would put in an in-line filter if it can be done. Don't want that getting into the carb. To get it out??? Best way, remove the tank. Easyer way, drain the tank, let it air dry out for a couple days, then use a vacume cleaner, and some small tubing, like a fuel line, they sell clear hose at the auto stores, thats what I use to clean rust out of old tractor tanks. I used one of the attachments on the shop-vac, then taped the hose to the end. It works great, and with the clear, you can see what you get.

Bruce L. Hall
99 Sport 400

 

1. There is an in-line filter on the Sportsman that will trap it. ie. no harm done other than possibly a plugged fuel filter down the road.

2. Dirty gas cans, the neighbors kids, who knows. The only thing we know for sure is it went in through the gas cap. There is no other way for that kind of stuff to get in.

3. The vacuum is a good suggestion but a) you are sucking gas fumes through a motor that has brushes that spark! and b) the Sportsman tank is deeper on the two sides, thus hard to get at through the gas cap.

4. Fill it full and pick the big floaties out. Let the fuel filter do the rest, within reason. You may have to change the filter a few times before it is all out. Short of that, the tank has to come off.

5. Actually I would probably try to rig a safe vacuum somehow.

DJ