I just bought one of these in the spring for my '82, and picked it up to avoid shipping.
Quality is ok, metal seems a bit thinner than stock. Paint is pretty thin, so I coated it
with about 5 coats of rust paint before installing. It also doesn't appear to have as
much baffling inside as the stock unit. Otherwise, for the price, I would say they are
fine. If you really wanted to protect it, you could coat the top side with POR-15.

On 22 Aug 2005 at 22:49, TC <trclark@SHAW.CA> wrote:

> Hi
>
> So I am leaking up a vent line & the tank is 10+ years, some surface rust
> not sure about inside the tank, so if I am going to drop a tank & rust proof the
> existing tank seem like its just cheaper to replace it with a new tank at 129US
>
> http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=VWC%2D251%2D201%2D075%2DAE
>
> Has any one tried the above ?
> Is the zinc coating inside holding up
> how is the outside rust proofing where they rust around the
> fuel sensor in the recess in the middle of the tank
>
> Also is there any suggestions for canting/grading the fuel tank mounting
> so that water will flow without pooling on the upper side of the tank w/o
> adversely affecting the fuel flow  ?
>
> thx tim
>

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy