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Date:         Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:38:03 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bad Gas...gummed up stuff..
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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there is also the pre-treatment.. 'before' letting it sit. Stay-bil being a well known one.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 8:18 AM Subject: Bad Gas...gummed up stuff..

> FYI... > > I just discovered that to dissolve the gummy residue from old gas left in > engines or tanks, MEK works very well indeed. > > I am re-activating a couple of our old dirtbikes...A DRZ Suziki and a > KTM...These were pushed aside without very much thought about 5yrs ago. > The > one has a larger aftermarket desert racing tank that had some gas left in > it. The fuel shut off was so gummed up that it broke apart trying to free > it up and there was a gummy mess in the bottom of the tank where the gas > had > totally dried. It looked like shoe polish or very hard tree sap. > > I was about to toss out the tank as a Lost Cause, with all that crap > frozen with no access in the deepest parts. Then I thought, "Hey, let's > give it one last shot.... just see if one of my more aggressive solvents > around here might soften this mess up" I have all kinds of nasty > crap > around for boatbuilding and painting, so first thing I grabbed was the > MEK...(Methyl Ethel Ketone) which is a pretty brutal solvent for epoxy > resins....and wow! Poured a little in there (I had previously tried Dri > Gas, Acetone, alcohol, and lacquer thinner) and it immediately dissolved > those gummy deposits, rendering my tank usable again...One should be > careful > with this stuff, it is not nice ... > > I'll be using the MEK to soak out some gummy deposits from the carb, > also, though I did run the gas out of that before I pushed the bikes > aside, > so that is not so bad. If I have to clean my injectors sometime on the > vanagon motor, I think I'll be soaking them in MEK for a bit... > > MEK can be bought (in Oregon) from your local Tru Value hardware or Home > Despot, among other places..


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