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Re: fuel tank cleaning

Posted By: Carl
Date: Saturday, 29 January 2005, at 9:02 a.m.

In Response To: Re: fuel tank cleaning (bruce doan)

Answer, I don't know if its dirty or not. Fuel looks tainted and is gumming up the plugs, valves and coating the carb and intake with a tar like residue. I am in the belief that the alcohol content of the gas up here in NYC is acting as a solvent and washing/dissolving the 40+ years of residue from the tank walls.
Boat don't run on that gas anyplace but dockside, yet when I use portable tanks she runs just fine. Don't think I want to try the gas in the family fleet of vehicles. I'll pay to have the 2.79/gal fuel removed.
Any other thoughts out there?

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fuel tank cleaning
Fred Definis -- Wednesday, 26 January 2005, at 8:37 a.m.

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Capt. Dave Kosh -- Wednesday, 26 January 2005, at 9:33 a.m.

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bruce doan -- Wednesday, 26 January 2005, at 10:35 a.m.

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Carl -- Wednesday, 26 January 2005, at 1:21 p.m.

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Capt. Dave Kosh -- Wednesday, 26 January 2005, at 5:11 p.m.

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Carl -- Thursday, 27 January 2005, at 10:15 p.m.

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bruce doan -- Friday, 28 January 2005, at 12:59 p.m.

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Carl -- Saturday, 29 January 2005, at 9:02 a.m.

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Walter Kaprielian -- Saturday, 29 January 2005, at 12:43 p.m.

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randall -- Saturday, 29 January 2005, at 3:39 p.m.

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Rawleigh -- Monday, 31 January 2005, at 1:35 p.m.