Date:         Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:34:17 -0400
Reply-To:     VWBrain@AOL.COM
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From:         Mark Dearing <VWBrain@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fuel system cleaning
Comments: To: dhanson928@GMAIL.COM
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sta-bil had issues but have sinced copied Startron     Startron is made by
star-brite  and really does works, most of the boat and  cycle places are
using it  later  mark d


In a message dated 9/20/2013 11:15:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dhanson928@GMAIL.COM writes:

Sta-bil dissolves the crap that coagulates in fuel  systems.      I tried
all the other stuff you mentioned and  then a friend told me he uses
Stabil     It worked like a  charm.


On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 7:46 AM, TJ Hemrick  <x53gunner@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>