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venom
02-24-2004, 09:02 PM
Do the gas tank kits really work or should I just metal condition the inside of the tank and go from there? Anyone ever have any luck doing something else? Thay want $38 for the kit. I sell autobody supplies so I already have metal conditioner and can get some POR15 if it will work.
Thanks, Dan 8)

mrman550
02-24-2004, 09:10 PM
use kreem it works good

Xowner
02-24-2004, 09:10 PM
tank it to a rad shop they will boil it out and cost it for like 25
and u do nothing

timex69
02-24-2004, 09:49 PM
empty the tank spray it out with ah ouse and put fishtank gravel inside and shake the tank for 5-15 minutes...i hear it works pretty good...if u dont want to buy the fishtank gravel try some of those odds and sods u have in the garage like little bolts from old projects are left over or try using BBs from a bb gun.

kap
02-24-2004, 09:54 PM
if u want it dont fats us e meratic acid

dz
02-25-2004, 12:21 AM
You definitly don't want to put muriatic acid in a gas tank, that stuff is extremely reactant (I sell the stuff at my work). I know sombody that has gotten severly burned by it. Don't use water either because water oxidizes metal and makes it rust even more. I have tried the BB gun solution, and it works decently. Just be concerned that if you have a lip around where the gas cap is, you may get a few BBs stuck in there and may take a little more work to get out. Regular rocks work good too. And definitly kreem it or somthing similiar if you plan on keeping it for awhile.

legaleagle
02-25-2004, 12:45 AM
Radiator shop. No junk will be left in the tank to haunt you later...

plkmonster2
02-25-2004, 12:49 AM
Get a small swing chain, and some wd 40, or other stuff. Put it in, and give it the shake.