I posted a while back about using a toilet bowl cleaner available at Big Lots called "The Works". It contains sulfuric acid and really did a good job cleaning the tank of an 83 Jetta. The car is still running fine months later. Some will cry foul and say that the tank's integrity has been compromised, etc. All I can say is in my application it was an inexpensive, highly effective solution. This car had been sitting a long time and had the gunked up gas tank to prove it. Use this advice at your own discretion. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of Sharon Simpson > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 11:57 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: gas tank questions > > > Hi all, > I need help with a gas tank from an 82 diesel westy. We just got the > westy and decided to drop the tank since the bus had been sitting for at > least a year that we know of. Everything came off easily. The question > we have is how to clean the tank. We drained out about 7 gallons of > diesel fuel. The inside of the tank looks good. No rust visible. We just > want to know if there is anything to swish around in there to cut the > film of the old diesel fuel. We don't want the injectors to get clogged > from any old gunk from the tank. Any suggestions? > Sharon and Gary > |
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