I have a friend who swears by water, nuts and bolts, a gas BBQ. Fill
the tank with water, nuts and bolts, fire up the BBQ and put on the gas
tank. Boil that sucker and swish it around. Should be clean before you
run out of gas.
-g
Karl Vacek wrote:
> Finally finished Jill's MG and now I finally get to work on my "new" TR4.
>
> The PO had "restored" it and then parked it for 25+ years, with a full tank of
> gas. He then pulled it out of storage and spent a couple of days trying to
> get it running - on the old gas. Incredible how bad it smells.
>
> I've removed all of the fuel system, and most of it is straightforward to
> clean and rebuild. However, the gas tank has a thick sediment on the bottom -
> not grit, not rust, just (apparently) decomposed unleaded gasoline.
>
> I don't have a reliable radiator shop nearby to "boil" it out, though I can
> take it 50 miles to a good guy if necessary. I won't use "Gas Tank Renu" (if
> they're still around) because I don't want a big hole cut in this
> otherwise-beautiful, solid tank.
>
> Looks like it might come out fairly easily with the right solvent, and that's
> what I plan to try before going to more extreme measures. I'll get the gas
> gauge sending unit out first, of course, make proper plugs for the openings,
> and put some brass nuts and bolts into the tank (only if necessary) to help
> scrape the sludge off.
>
> My only question is what solvent will be most effective. In the absence of
> any better ideas, I'll start with lacquer thinner, but before I start pouring
> expensive solvents into it, anyone seen this glop and know of something that
> works better ??
>
> Thanks !
> Karl
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