Removing gas tank..

[hombre@elp.rr.com (John Erickson)]

The best way to clean a tank is to take it to a radiator shop.  They'll 
throw it in a tank of some really nasty caustic stuff for a couple days and 
PRESTO:  very clean tank.  (I used to do this will old Volvo gas tanks).

John


At 03:56 PM 4/6/2002 -0500, Nick wrote:
>Do you have to drop the rear axle to remove the gas tank? My gas tank has
>alot of rust in it and I was wondering if I got some cooling system flush
>and filled the tank with that and let it sit for a while and then drain it
>out and do it again if it would clean the tank pretty good. The stuff is
>supposed to get rid of rust and isnt supposed to be corrosive. Of course I
>would flush the tank with gas to get rid of the excess flush. Let me know
>what you think.
>
>Nick
>2001 Jetta VR6
>1986 Scirocco 16v (Money Pit)
>
>
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