Fuel Tank Clensing

[Jim Jordan]

Hi,

After you clean it, you might want to put a manual drain cock in the lowest
part of the tank.  On planes it was a push to open draincock which we used
to drain any water, and impurities, out that had settled in the tank.

Cheers!

Jim Jordan 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Shawn Manny [mailto:shawn.manny at gmail.com] 
>Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 7:29 AM
>To: Alan Pritchard
>Cc: Audi Quattro
>Subject: Re: Fuel Tank Clensing
>
>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
>>
>> 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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