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Re: fuel tank

To: jeyerman@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: fuel tank
From: bmounce@impop.bellatlantic.net
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 16:42:44 -0500
Jan, powdery red substance, eh?  It sounds like my mother-in-laws cooking...... 
after 22 years I still don't have a solution..... sorry....  Bill

jeyerman@ix.netcom.com wrote:

> My Cricket has had repeated (twice now) clogging of the pickup back at the 
>fuel tank-the material is a powdery red substance-although it looks like rust, 
>the inside of the tank is as clean as a whistle and there does not appear to 
>be any rust in the tank.  What IS this stuff. I thought the problem was fixed 
>this spring when I took the tank out, cleaned out the pickup tube and had the 
>tank cleaned.  The material almost looks like sediment....
>
> Any suggestions or solutions?  I blew out the line this week after it 
>clogged-the only thing I did recently was add some dry gas because of the cold 
>weather here in the East (I had the problem with the tank at exactly the same 
>time last year, but put the car away until spring).
>
> Jan Eyerman
> Owner of possibly the last Cricket still on the road
> michael proper <proper.mike@accentleasing.com> wrote:
> > Now that My car is painted I need to get the Gas tanks taken care of. I
> cannot access the searchable archives for some unknown reason and am looking
> to see how much of the POR-15 Product I need to buy to do both tanks. 1 pint
> or 1-2 quarts.  Please help
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Mike Proper
> Lansing, MI.
> 67 sv


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