V8 Quattro Gas Tank

[Tnquattro at aol.com]

If it were me I would contact AOA and let them know that their famous rust 
free protection does not include the gas tank and that the world would 
probably like to know that. I would think that a rust free Gas tank would be 
much more important than a rust free fender, etc.  If AOA has any sense at 
all, sometimes questionable, I would think they would be glad to replace it 
at no charge. Beats a flaming V8 Q going down the road.

Joe 
Chattanooga


Subj:    Re: HELP  V8 Quattro
Date:   11/16/00 9:56:57 AM Eastern Standard Time
From:   tbliss at mestek.com (Theron J. Bliss)
Sender: quattro-admin at audifans.com
To: sbigelow at sprint.ca (Stephen Bigelow), quattro at audifans.com 
('quattro at audifans.com'), v8 at audifans.com (v8 at audifans.com)

Yes it's a leak, but the seam is rusted.  It's leaking at the seam, and while 
I
have a mig welder, I think it may be too much to fix.  Remember that when 
you're
welding rusted material, the melting rate is significantly more.  The more you
try to weld rusted metal, the more it crumbles and melts.  I  haven't ruled it
out completely, but it looks pretty bad.  I'll have to wait until the tank is
removed, which yes, involves dropping the whole rear end, the exhaust, and
pulling off the break lines and cables, which in this case are so rusted that 
we
have to cut them.