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Re: [T3] gas tank coating?

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Subject: Re: [T3] gas tank coating?
From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 09:33:04 -0500
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On 30 May 2007 at 21:38, matthewNstanfield wrote:

> thanks everyone for chiming in. based on the advise, i will not be  
> coating my tank. i'll see what i can tell by looking in it before  
> adding fuel to it.

If it turns out to be rusty, and not just light surfact rust, then the best 
treatment I've heard of to date is to throw a few feet of link chain in there 
and shake it around until it's all scrubbed clean.

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Jim Adney
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Madison, WI USA

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