[T2] some good news

[Dave Gillingham]

Wow!  $159, plus tax and shipping….vs. $200 for a boil out of the old tank!

Dave Gillingham
Owner/Broker
Coronado Island Realty
Office: 619-435-0145
Mobile: 619-992-5318
 
 

On 8/11/17, 10:51 AM, "type2 on behalf of c.dreike" <type2-bounces at type2.com on behalf of c.dreike at verizon.net> wrote:

    Kevin,
    Here is the link to Wolfsburg West fuel tanks:
    http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/wolfsburg_new/fuelsystem/fuel_tank_bus.cfm
    Select your year.
    
    Fuel systems:
    http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/wolfsburg_new/fuelsystem/fuel_system_bus.cfm?type=2
    
    Chris
    
    
    On 8/11/2017 10:20 AM, david raistrick wrote:
    >> I found (in the greater San Diego area) it is not too much more costly to buy a new tank rather than have yours boiled out.  Eastwood also makes a tank cleaning/sealing kit, but I wasn’t overwhelmed with it.
    > ...you've found new split or bay tanks??!!   where?  I'll supplement
    > my stash of vintage tanks.
    >
    >
    > that said:  the red-kote in my tank solved a LOT of problems, 6 years strong.
    >
    > the current fuels pull a really fine powdery rust off the walls of the
    > tank, and it'll bypass the typical fuel filters and clogs the jets in
    > the carb.
    >
    > next:  you were probably still running the 2015 gas in the tank?  it
    > sucks water out of the air like no other - btdt.   Get that stuff out
    > of there and dont reuse it without recovering it first and replace
    > with fresh.
    >
    > Want to salvage the fuel?   get a fuel/water seperating filter funnel
    > and strain the fuel through that to pull most of the water out.   Then
    > add a dose of PRI to the old fuel.  (it works. really.  better than
    > any "stabilizer" and will revitalize old fuel.  I had fuel in the bus
    > that -would not- ignite by spark.  even in my lawn mower.   a PRI
    > treatment and it burned fine.  (though I prefer to blend it back in).)
    >
    > oh - and I still run 2 inline filters before the carb just in case,
    > with a big RE magnet taped to the first one...
    >
    >
    > red-kote (1 qt if you squeeze it, or 2 to be safe):
    > https://www.amazon.com/Red-Kote-Quart-Sealer-Diesel/dp/B009X0JOSM/
    >
    > filter funnel (or larger sizes too):
    > https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Funnel-AF3CB-Fuel-Filter/dp/B000SOIRCG/
    >
    > PRI:
    > https://www.amazon.com/PRI-Fuel-Stabilizer-Gasoline-Economy/dp/B005JP16TA
    > _______________________________________________
    > type2 mailing list
    > type2 at type2.com
    > https://www.type2.com/lists/type2/listinfo
    
    _______________________________________________
    type2 mailing list
    type2 at type2.com
    https://www.type2.com/lists/type2/listinfo