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Subject:Rusty Bus Depot Gas Tank- Sealer Needed?
From:M.R. Nimmo
Date:Sun, 25 Feb 2001 17:15:18 -0800

Last summer I put a BD gas tank in my '84 Bus.  Last
fall I started going through fuel filters like crazy.
I figured it was a some of bad gas because I figured
it could not be the tank.  After one disaster of a
trip to the Footmad music festival, including about 50
break downs and a ritual designed to recycle
semi-clogged fuel filters,  I decided I'd better drop
the tank.  Several months later I finally got around
to it.

Sure enough, the tank has a thin layer of rust along
the bottom.  The sides are still the gray primer
looking color that it was new.

Was I supposed to use a gas tank sealer/liner on this
thing?  Didn't see it in the instructions.  The tank
looked finished to me?

If not, is there some other explanation?  Alcohol
based gasoline?  Bulley-recommended MMO?

Any suggestions on how to attack the rust and seal the
tank?  I think some one mentioned an acid earlier?
Any experience with the various brands of tank liners?

Thanks,
Das Kapitan- Captain Nemo
84 GL Sunroofer w/ Wolfy Sofabed
Huntington, West "By Byrd" Virginia

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