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Date:         Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:17:58 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gas tank out. How to remove debris from tank? (searched)
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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Kerosene ? In the past on 'normal gas tanks' I have washed them out with water, even soapy water, then blew them out with compressed air, then dried them in hot sun and then put a water absorbing additive in the fuel if I felt I needed to, and done just fine.

But vanagon gas tanks are 'different' .........i believe there is a sump screen inside where you can't see it or get to it without cutting the bottom of the tank open. You can however 'treat' that area by putting liquid chemtool ( carb cleaner ) down the feed line. Just try blowing it out with compressed air for starters. I am WAY big on restoring and cleaning and refurbishing parts on cars......... Hate to just 'throw stuff away' and often new aftermarket stuff isn't as good as OE. But fuel tanks on vanagons............ 2WD gasoline ones..........for sure, in your case if it was a customer job I was doing ............ I would just tell the people..........if you want to be SURE ......that your gas tank keeps working and doesn't clog up, this old tank has to go. I wouldn't say that if it didn't have the hidden sump screen or whatever sump thing it has. I had a diesel one clog up once..... And I was 100 % certain that's what it was.......... And the tank looked as clean as a whistle inside........... And my radiator shop at the time was very reluctant to cut open the bottom in the middle there.............but they finally did, and sure enough..........it was clogged up in there. They were a little embarrassed and apologetic about it.........but that's what it was.......a clogged sump area. New aftermarket tanks are around 200 bucks. Want a used one to play with ? I got those too, and no junk in them either. Not trying to sell you a used tank at all really......... But your tank is, after all.........what ? .............28 years old ? Scott www.turbovans.com

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of neil N Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:40 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Gas tank out. How to remove debris from tank? (searched)

Hi all.

I'm prepping the gas tank for a top coat of some kind (bed liner maybe?)

I can see some debris in the tank. I hesitate to flush it with water.

Any tips on cleaning this debris out? I'll blow on the fuel outlet and return steel lines and maybe a shopvac and/or a rag on a stick, will get some of the debris out, but if there's a better way, I'm all "ears"!

Thanks,

Neil.

-- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"

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