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On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 00:05, Jeff wrote: > > I have piles of metallic stuff I can put in there, > but I am leery of using water as a liquid due to > the amount of rust already in there. Rubbing Alcohol > perhaps? > > Suggestions for a chemical to aid in rust removal > would be good as well. In all my years of messing > with VW's (since '78) I've never had to mess with > a gas tank. > I have used kerosene/diesel fuel with some success. I put some short pieces of chain in the tank and worked it around with the kerosene, then rinsed it with gasoline. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~