Fuel Tank Clensing

[David Kase]

The sealant is rather thin.  You turn the tank in all directions and the 
sealant coats the inside and then you drain it out while it is still 
wet.  The sealant will just stick to the walls and the rest will run off 
and out.  There shouldn't be a clogging issue.

David Kase
Engineering Manager
PDQ Industries
717-656-4281
717-656-8749 (f)
www.pdqlocks.com



Shawn Manny wrote:

>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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