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Subject:Re: Gas tank out. How to remove debris from tank? (searched)
From:Allan Streib
Date:Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:11:02 -0500

neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> writes:

> I'm prepping the gas tank for a top coat of some kind (bed liner
> maybe?)
>
> I can see some debris in the tank. I hesitate to flush it with
> water.
>
> Any tips on cleaning this debris out? I'll blow on the fuel outlet
> and return steel lines and maybe a shopvac and/or a rag on a stick,
> will get some of the debris out, but if there's a better way, I'm
> all "ears"!

A lot of radiator shops will "boil out" a gas tank -- I had a local
shop do that with a tank once and it came back looking almost like
brand new steel.  I painted that one with Rustoleum but now I'd
probably use POR-15.

Allan
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1991 Vanagon GL