Gas tank help
08-10-05, 09:10 PM
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Gas tank help
Heres the deal, my 85 GSL (daily driver) has a pretty good size gas leak. I have a gas tank from an 82 that is in much better shape but it is dirty inside. I plan on taking it to a radiator shop and having them clean and recoat the whole thing. I got quoted $85 for it. The catch is that I am going to go EFI (Megasquirt and DCOE style throttle body) and I'm wondering if I would be better off trying to get an FC tank with internal fuel pump which I probably wouldn't be able to have cleaned and coated by a shop because of the baffles (I think they are plastic) or whether I should have the 82 tank cleaned and coated and use an external pump like the GSL-SE. I'm a little concerned about going around left-hand turns with that tank with EFI.
Any suggestions? I'd like to make my decision by tomorrow morning.
Any suggestions? I'd like to make my decision by tomorrow morning.
08-11-05, 07:00 AM
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I think he's worried about slosh.
I run a regular tank with an FI motor. Slosh is not that big of an issue. It happens, but not enough to make me run out and change the tank, and I even have an -se tank laying around!
I run a regular tank with an FI motor. Slosh is not that big of an issue. It happens, but not enough to make me run out and change the tank, and I even have an -se tank laying around!
08-11-05, 11:39 AM
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Slosh definitely was a problem for me. If the tank dropped to about 1/4 or less, the engine would studder going around corners. Switching to an SE tank fixed it.
$85 to seal the tank is a great deal, by the way.
$85 to seal the tank is a great deal, by the way.
08-11-05, 08:09 PM
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Some put a solvent in the tank with a large chain and have a friend help "mix it up" getting all of the loose crap knocked into the solvent. The dump the solvent rinse: let dry: and put "gas tank sealer" in and slosh it around coating the whole tank and voala.
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08-11-05, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Power Aids
how do you clean the inside of a gas tank?
cause i'm starting to tihnk that mine is full of ****.
thanks,
cause i'm starting to tihnk that mine is full of ****.
thanks,
Sorry , had to jump on that one.
Take to radiator shop and have it boiled out, then pour in sealant called por12 then you are done. And that's no crap
