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Steven Ayres wrote: > If it's been started regularly you probably don't have to worry about > fuel varnish, but you might have a look for water in the tank from > condensation. Replacing fuel lines (and draining the tank pursuant to > that job) and filter will take care of that, of course. > Indeed. I removed the fuel tank from my car as part of my fuel line replacement. It also makes it a little easier to replace the master cylinder. The tank was already in good condition on the inside, but I still treated it with POR-15's Metal-Ready to de-rust the little rust that I found in there, and I replaced the fuel pump inlet screen, which had corroded to the fitting at the bottom of the tank. I also put a new weatherstrip on the tank where it mates with the body. Make sure you remove the fuel tank sender when you work with the tank, and for goodness sake, be careful with gasoline!!! Also check the condition of the tank vent hose in the fender- this commonly rots out and lets copious amounts of water into the tank. If there's large-scale signs of rust in the tank, this would be my first suspect. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~