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On 24 Oct 2005 at 22:42, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > Yeah, my wife's car was doing this, so she stopped driving it (after having > it towed home). I pulled the tank, and the bottom was full of paint flakes from > the inside of the tank (plugging the fuel outlet and screen). Apparently VW > thought the inside of the fuel tank should be painted to prevent rust, but they > never expected today's fuels to eat that layer of paint. :O I washed the > inside with water, blew it out with compressed air, then washed it withsome 2 > cycle gas (lawn mower / snowblower fuel) to prevent it from rusting, then > refilled the tank with good fuel. I don't think I've ever seen factory paint in a gas tank. Sounds like a PO job. 8-p -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~