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Re: Does gas tank slosh-seal go bad ?

To: "snyler" <marc@animalfirm.com>, "Laurie" <SPL311RDST@aol.com>,
Subject: Re: Does gas tank slosh-seal go bad ?
From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 18:24:41 -0400
Marc,

There shouldn't be any rubber hose past the firewall but who can tell what a
PO did?

Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "snyler" <marc@animalfirm.com>
To: "Laurie" <SPL311RDST@aol.com>; " roadster List"
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: Does gas tank slosh-seal go bad ?


> Laurie wrote
>
> >So, the question is: anyone have any bad experience w/ "slosh-sealer"???
At
> >this point I don't even know if a PO had used any on the car. Does this
> >sealer ever go bad & peel off ? Anyone know of long-term effects of MTBE
(or
> >whatever the heck else they put in the gas these days) on this sealer ?
Any
> >other guesses as to what it is?
>
> Our Dodge pickup ate fuel pumps for awhile(a total of 3 in 2 years)
> turned out rotting rubber fuel line was constantly clogging the filters.
> The bockage, it seems caused the pumps to fail.  Since the line was
> swapped out it's been okay... fingers crossed, it is a Chrysler product
> ;^)
>
>      Does the roadster have any rubber fuel line upstream of the firewall?
>
> -Marc T.
>
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> Designer,
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> 830-324-6578
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