Date:         Fri, 20 Sep 2013 10:46:01 -0400
Reply-To:     TJ Hemrick <x53gunner@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         TJ Hemrick <x53gunner@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Fuel system cleaning
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Hey all,
  Got a fuel question for you.  All you "EE's" out there, take off that hat
and get your chemical engineer hard hats on.  I have to soak three vehicle
worth of fuel tanks, pumps, and lines and am wondering what would work
best.  I'm thinking MEK because, well, it's pretty nuclear when it comes to
dissolving crud that could be left in the fuel system.  Then again, Acetone
is good also.  Then I saw Toluene and a host of others on the shelf down at
the local store/hardware place.  I'm just planning to pour it in and let it
soak.  Any thoughts?   Oh, the systems are still installed nothing has been
disconnected or removed yet.

FWIW, I'm *totally* dreading the removal of a Syncro tank.  The research on
the archives of what to replace the factory "blanket" around the tank
(which is *completely* old, crusty and will fall apart when touched, the
blanket that is) will take a few hours, I'm sure.  Followed only by hours
of sweat, dirt, dust, cussing, prying, more 'cussing, and a few cuts and
scrapes.  That's just what I read but I never did hear of anyone saying it
was easy nor fun.

Thanks

TJ