After woodridge yesterday I looked into my tank this morning (still was maybe half full of fuel) and I noticed a couple specks of dirt in the tank and some on the filter (thank god). I am wondering if there is a way to clean the filter and a good way to clean the tank?

I also have a dubro in-line fuel filter I can put in, but I took it out too see if it was part of the problems of my 2.5 over heating. The tank after I took it out, the temps dropped like 15-20 degrees.