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I forgot we were off list! I have tank opened up, all things removed, just concerned about delicate return line...Sender is getting cleaned by myself. Any suggestions for a solvent? Preferably enivormentally friendly or at least non-nuclear bad! Should I HEAR a moving part at all in the sender? Like turning it upside down? I think she's gummed good! >>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] >>>>>Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:54 AM >>>>>To: incynr8 >>>>>Subject: RE: 5/16 fuel lines >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>On 12 Jul 2002, at 8:34, incynr8 wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I found two radiator shops that will clean it. One >>>>>assumed it needed >>>>>> sealing, and insisted it would be all rusty after >>>>>boiling, and wanted >>>>>> at the minimum 125.00 just to boil it, 250 all said and >>>>>done, with >>>>>> selaing, which is robbery, if I could find an NOS one, >>>>>that probably >>>>>> the cost. I found another to steam clean it, saving the >>>>>ouside OEM >>>>>> paint. $40.00. He said it will eat the sludge off, and I >>>>>don't have to >>>>>> mess with that nuclear nasty stuff, last thing I need is >>>>>my property >>>>>> polluted. >>>>> >>>>>> Do you think steam will work? Worst case, I figure it's >>>>>least invasive >>>>>> method, cheapest cost, so evne if it HAS to be boiled >>>>>after, I am >>>>>> ahead with more of the crap out. >>>>> >>>>>Steam cleaning should work just great. Just ask them to >>>>>slosh around some >>>>>oil inside when they are finished, or it will rust right >>>>>away. Remove all the >>>>>fittings before they do it so they have the best possible >>>>>access, and you're >>>>>probably best off just opening the gauge sender and >>>>>cleaning it by hand; it's >>>>>fragile. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>- >>>>>Jim Adney >>>>>jadney@vwtype3.org >>>>>Madison, WI 53711-3054 >>>>>USA >>>>> ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/