- 1. [TR] really old gas (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeremiah Curry" <jercurry@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:23:35 -0700
- I recently removed the gas tank from my '57 TR3. The last owner, my grandfather, parked the car in 69 and there was still ~2.5 gallons of gas in the tank. Of course it is bad (in fact I couldn't get
- /html/triumphs/2006-03/msg00878.html (7,228 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TR] really old gas (score: 1)
- Author: "Marty Clark" <marty.tr6@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:41:37 -0700
- Before I bought my TR6 it sat for 12 years in a garage with a 1/4 of a tank. Just shined a flashlight into the tank when it was empty and it was very easy to see lots of rust particles loose at the
- /html/triumphs/2006-03/msg00879.html (7,256 bytes)
- 3. [TR] really old gas (score: 1)
- Author: Jeff <jefflee77@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:43:59 -0500 (EST)
- My 63 TR4 sat for 18 years with gas in the tank. Hard sludge in the bottom of the tank had formed. I soaked it muriatic acid to clean it out. The same sludge had formed in the line that left the tan
- /html/triumphs/2006-03/msg00880.html (6,866 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TR] really old gas (score: 1)
- Author: Dave1massey@cs.com
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:33:32 EST
- Visual inspection. If the car was stored in a dry environment it may be fine. On a car this old it would be good preventative maintenence to replace all the rubber hose. While the system is open blow
- /html/triumphs/2006-03/msg00882.html (8,130 bytes)
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