Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 11:44:29 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: back on the road
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Sorry, that is what I meant to use..Sta-Bil. That stuff works great. I
dunno, I guess you could pull the inlet from the fuel pump...I am not
familiar with an AC Vanagon's set up. There might also be rust inside your
tank....That could show up after you drive around a while....I'd certainly
have along a spare fuel filter for a while....
Dri Gas....that is just alcohol, which we all get now without even asking
for it or buying it special. Sorry for the mistake.
Don Hanson
On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Higginbotham, David A. <
dhigginbotham@hazenandsawyer.com> wrote:
> Good idea. This procedure makes a lot of sense. Question, how do you
> drain the tank, is there a drain plug on it or do you have to drop the tank
> to drain it, or siphon it maybe? Is Dri Gas the same thing as Sta-Bil?
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> David
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> *From:* Don Hanson [mailto:dhanson928@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, April 04, 2011 2:30 PM
> *To:* Higginbotham, David A.
> *Cc:* vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> *Subject:* Re: back on the road
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> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Higginbotham, David A. <
> dhigginbotham@hazenandsawyer.com> wrote:
>
> That's a good idea. What do you think, just some standard motor oil
> squirted in each cylinder, or would something like marvel mystery oil be
> preferred? You comment on the fuel brought something to mind as well. If
> there is any fuel in the tank that did not evaporate it is at least 5 years
> old now. How should I deal with that I wonder?
>
> David
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> Drain the tank as much as possible.
> What I would do would be to put in about 5 gallons of new gas with an
> ounce of Dri Gas and some injector cleaner. I would crank it over till I
> knew some of the new gas and Dri Gas mix got to all the injectors and every
> other part of the fuel system. I'd let that sit in everything for a day or
> two to dissolve all the gum deposits...Then I would run it for a bit, maybe
> till it comes up to temperature.
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> Then I'd re-drain the fuel tank, clean or replace the fuel filters and
> re-add some fresh gas. I'd expect or watch for fuel issues for a few tanks
> of fuel....5yrs sitting can make problems with the old gas... I recently
> re-awoke a Suziki DRZ dirtbike after 5yrs...The tank was so gummed up I had
> to toss it...The old gas had reduced itself to a red putty that nothing
> would dissolve...
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> Dri Gas is a pretty amazing gum disolver, though it is not sold as that.
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