How do you store your spare gas tank?

[wreckhog]

I have a habit of buying cheap crap on Ebay, in the event that I may one day need it. If you have a spare used tank, what do you do to keep it from rusting much? I was thinking of blasting it with WD40 or Corrosion-X and throwing it in a garbage bag. Bad idea? Better idea?

[ls 64086]

gas evaporates quickly. drain it as best you can, rinse the inside with sea foam and set it in the sun the dry?  shooooooo, sounds like a winner to me. just rinse out the inside again before you bolt it on to kill/remove the spiders 

[yamahonkawazuki]

that idea OR do teh wd40 thing, and set it on a shelf out of the weather, with teh cap open

[cbrfxr67]

i hang some of those desiccant bags inside and leave it on the shelf that way.  They come in shoe boxes or different products.

[The Buddha]

Motor Oil - wd40 disappears rather quick.
BTW wd 40 isn't a lubricant or a surface coating ... of course it wets everything, and that lubes things but ... wd stands for water dispersion ...motor oil baby.
Cool.
Buddha.

[tt_four]

Motor oil works fine, but I'd probaby just pour in a little 2 stroke oil and roll the tank around. Even though your bike is 4 stroke, the 2 stroke oil is made to be mixed with gas and burned. Don't think it's really all that different from normal motor oil.

If you really want to get serious about it you could just por-15 the tank and never worry about it rusting again.

[utgunslinger13]

If you really want to get serious about it you could just por-15 the tank and never worry about it rusting again.

Do it right the first time.  Por-15 it.

[tt_four]

Do it right the first time.  Por-15 it.

Plus it makes the inside of your gas tank look awesome