[tcb] Re: Gas tank cleaning

  • From: "Andrew Barnes" <deabarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:40:25 -0600

I used some toilet bowl cleaner ,I know your laughing at me ,it sounds like
something Denis would say but we use it to clean the parts that come off the
wire machine at work it is some rust killing stuff and it will etch it as
well.
 Drew
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "singlecabboy" <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 9:11 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Gas tank cleaning


> The radiator shops around here want boil them out
> anymore , because of all the restictions placed on
> them . after they said no , headed out to the local
> car wash and let her rip .I have heard of lots of
> folks putting pea gravel and shaking the tank  to
> loosen the rust.
> --- Dan <ThatVWGuy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, there are two radiator shops in town.  I'll
> > check prices tomorrow.
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   From: Will
> >   To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >   Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 9:32 PM
> >   Subject: [tcb] Re: Gas tank cleaning
> >
> >
> >   You can take it to most radiator shops to
> > refurbished it.
> >
> >   There are also kits that Eastwood sells
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >   From: Dan <ThatVWGuy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 7:05 PM
> >   To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@freelists.org
> >   Subject: [tcb] Gas tank cleaning
> >
> >
> >   One of the hurdles in getting my bus on the road
> > is my gas tank.  Since it hasn't been used in 10+
> > years I need to clean it out before using it so I
> > can avoid changing my fuel filter every 100 miles
> > for the next three years.  I have heard of people
> > having their gas tanks "boiled out" but have no idea
> > what is involved in that process.  I stopped by the
> > local custom shop and they said they just flush them
> > out with a garden hose.  Seems to me there should be
> > more to it than that.  Can anyone offer any insight?
> >
> >   -Dan
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
> Paul Smith
> www.23window.com/thezone
>
> T.C.B.
> H.B.B.
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