- 1. Re: [Shop-talk] Gas tank glop (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:04:04 -0500
- Basically, the glop is varnish - it's what's left after the rest of the gasoline evaporates/settles out of the gasoline. When I did my Elan many years ago, I had the same problem. If I remember corre
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- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] Gas tank glop (score: 1)
- Author: "Brian Warrick" <bwarrick@conveyorengineering.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:12:17 -0600
- My Dad had a similar situation last summer with a '29 Model A Tudor he purchased. It was freshly restored 20 years ago and had sat with half a tank of gas. He ran E85 gasoline and it cleaned the tank
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- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] Gas tank glop (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:02:41 -0700
- If the E85 doesn't work, use carb cleaner. The kind in the gallon can. It's a lot stronger than the spray kind. It can eat plastics, even fuel-safe ones, so beware. Have a plan for disposing the resu
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- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] Gas tank glop (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:47:10 -0700 (PDT)
- If it's gum, how about Gumout? On sale, those spray cans are about the same price per quart as any common solvent. Doug _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.tea
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- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] Gas tank glop (score: 1)
- Author: Obaa <obaa996@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:58:10 -0700 (PDT)
- I just happened to see this while looking for other stuff. If you have a Schucks/Kragen/Murrays near you, maybe you can find this there. Definitely should work, since it's made for it... http://www.p
- /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00234.html (7,335 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] Gas tank glop (score: 1)
- Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:33:55 -0700
- 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 clea
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