[FC] Gas tank

[Clark Hartzel]

No, every one was a rust spot on the outside.  You could see the acid come
right thru the rust and not hurt the other parts of the tank.  Maybe after a
long while it would have disolved the entire tank!!!  Fortunately I had
another tank so I put it in without cleaning it!  New sock and inline filter
added.
Clark

-----Original Message-----
From: corvanatics-admin@corvair.org
[mailto:corvanatics-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of David Ziegler, III
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 5:16 PM
To: corvanatics@corvair.org
Subject: Re: [FC] Gas tank


Maybe the pinholes are really acid holes?

Dave Ziegler
CORVAIR THERAPY
mechanical repair, light restoration




>From: Clark Hartzel <chartzel@comcast.net>
>Reply-To: corvanatics@corvair.org
>To: Corvanatics <corvanatics@corvair.org>
>Subject: [FC] Gas tank
>Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 08:45:22 -0400
>
>When I last tried cleaning an FC tank I went to my local old time hardware
>store and asked them what to put in it to disolve varnish and crud.  They
>sold me a gallon of muriatic acid and said "don't leave it in too long".
>So, I poured it in (wearing gloves and a face mask) and sloshed it around
>for a minute or so.  The acid found every rust spot in the tank and within
>a
>minute I had about 25 pin holes all leaking liquid!.  By the time I dumped
>out the acid and rinsed the tank with the garden hose, some of the pin
>holes
>were 1/4" dia.!  Needless to say that tank is beyond repair and will get
>junked.  If I were going to restore an FC today I would have a local
>fabricator weld up a new tank out of aluminum like they build for race cars
>or boats.  Why screw around with 40 year old rusty tanks?  In fact, I
>decided not to screw around with 40 year old rusty vehicles at all and I've
>sold my last Corvan and have gone back to sand rails (Corvair powered of
>course!)
>Clark Hartzel
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