Date:         Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:19:45 -0800
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: gas tank crap..... again
Comments: To: craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com>
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On 3/9/10, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:
> It appears there is a patch of some type on the inner side of the U channel
> of the gas tank, exactly where I presumed the fuel was coming from. There
> are traces of a fuel leak coming from right there. So, i'm either going to
> repatch it, or throw in the towel and replace it.
>
> Who put a hole in my tank and then proceeded to patch it!?!
> I hate previous owners.


If I'm thinking of the same spot on tank.....

When I pulled the tank on my air cooled, I found a mound of
dirt/w.h.y. in that valley.

http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/HolyGasTankCrud.jpg

Possibly a rust prone spot depending on conditions etc. Possibly more
so on an air cooled with the big heat duct pipe running along that
valley just itching to hold dirt/moisture against the tank.

Neil.


--
Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

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