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Hmm, that didn't come out quite right. The 'yes' was agreeing with Jim that VW didn't paint them inside. I've never seen one that had a coating either. . Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:33 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Erratic driving behavior #2 > > > 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. > > Yes, and in a FI tank that coating can badly clog the small gap between the > outlet cup and the tank floor, leading to fuel starvation when the tank goes > below about half full. > > Dave. > UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club > http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ > ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~