Dirty Fuel

Not worth the trouble – dump it

x2 Dispose of it. You'll never get it clean enough without a lot of effort, and that effort will expose you (and anyone helping you) to safety and health issues.

Take it back to a depot for disposal though.
Some lazy pricks would pour it out and bugger the consequences.

skipper1
You didn't say what type of vehicle it is so the responses can't be at all accurate.
If your vehicle doesn't have a filler neck obstruction flap, it is possible for a mechanic or anyone else for that matter, to insert a piece of nylon tube down into the lowest point in the tank and pumps out the offending crap and fuel which can then be filtered.

Adding metho to water in the fuel will emulsify the water and it will go through with the petrol and be eliminated from the tank , about 1litre to a tankfull. E10 will do the same but not recommended for general use. Te rust will need to be caught in a filter.
Adding an additional filter/water trap would be good to have fitted to prevent future such events.

It is also possible to remove the supply hose from and use the internal pump, if EFI vehicle, and remove the fuel pump relay and bridge the main contacts so the pump runs all the time.
With it running you can pump out the majority of the stuff from the tank and then filter it, or filter it as it comes out of the tank with an extra filter.

These are just some options you can do or have done.

Ross M

My days of growing up on the farm we often had the problem of water getting into the fuel drums, back then all we did was drained the tank, or siphoned it out by putting a clear hose right down into the tank and drawing until we could see the fuel coming and then quickly put the hose into a bucket, since water sinks to the bottom, we would then poor the fuel into a drum and leave the last little bit with water in the bottom of the bucket...... Now please don't do this in todays society as it could be very dangerous..... I'm just saying, that's what we use to do.... As for the rust, a good funnel would do the trick....
Cheers
D

Hi skipper1

I wouldn't dump this much fuel, since I have one of those:

By Mr Funnel

I just may say, that this funnel works. It is useful for petrol & diesel.

Ciao Dana

If this is a common rail diesel engined car.......definitely do what others have said....dump the fuel - it is simply not worth taking the risk. Indeed, even if it is a petrol engine.....IMHO I'd still dump the fuel.

Sorry for the omission and thank you for all your suggestions.The vehicle, is an Ford F150 petrol engine 302ci v8 EFI with 2 fuel tanks of approx 75 litres each.
The fuel tanks have a fuel pump in each tank. From your contributions it would appear the consensus of opinion considers that the easiest solution would be to dump the fuel rather than attempt any other remedy.