Fuel Tank Clensing

[Shawn Manny]

Awesome guys, thats what I was hoping to hear. How do you keep the sealant
from blocking the pick up and return opening in the tank?

On 10/2/06, Alan Pritchard <alan.pritchard at rm-electrical.com> wrote:
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> I used to use a sealant, specifically for fuel tanks, kind of like a 2
> part epoxy...
> Flood the tank and shake it about, leave to go off......
> Repseal maybe??
> Mind you this was on motor bikes...
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> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
> On Behalf Of Shawn Manny
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 2:51 PM
> To: Audi Quattro
> Subject: Fuel Tank Clensing
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> OK, we've been rallycrossing the 4kq project for a few events now and
> are
> still struggling with some fuel tank issues. In the early stages we
> removed
> and opened up the tank to remove the crudded up filter sock in the tank.
> Welded back up great..or so we though. After a heart breaking first
> event
> pump failure due to a clogged fuel filter we have been dilligent on
> watching
> our filter status (clear 3/8 filter between tank and pump) and not
> running
> it if it gets packed up. So after a few events of this we thought we
> were
> good to go. Nope. After 5 runs yesterday (approx. 4 miles) the filter
> was
> yet again full of rustscale and debris (insert frustration here).
> Besides
> swapping over to a fuel cell is there ANY way to clean out the inside of
> the
> tank to remove rust scale? I have searched for a repro fuel tank for the
> car
> and found nothing. Our junk yard may yield a 4cyl 4k tank, but it may be
> the
> same inside.
> Im really looking for some tips or ideas on how to get the junk out of
> the
> tank. Thanks in advance.
>
> Shawn
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