FW: <VV> Gas Tank

[Brandes, Guy]

Well Brandon, I suspect that you will get about a dozen or two responses
on this.  Yes, the tank can rust like a sieve from the inside usually do
to condensation over the years and it can look ok from the outside and
the fail catastrophically with out notice.  I would suggest you drop the
tank and have it cleaned and the inside sealed or replace the tank clean
the filter line and carbs with new filters and then start from there.

Regards,

Guy Brandes
65 VAIR 140
 

Hello everyone,

I have a 66' Monza coupe that I'm working on, I was wondering if it were

possible for the gas tank to rust from the inside out? with a search in
the 
vv archive someone has said that they are galvi coated from the factory?
The 
car has been sitting for at least 2 years and before i got it someone
had it 
and had began to restore it but had to move so could not keep the car. I
put 
a couple gallons of gas in the tank thinking that I was sure it was
empty, 
but what came out was probably the worst varnish/past varnish smell i've

ever smelled! So im going to have to drain the tank and blow out the
lines 
(since it's not suckin fuel, i'm sure something is stuck in the
line/bottom 
of tank) and was wondering if it could be rust? I will definately have
the 
tank coated/replaced after this! any help is appreciated  thanks!
-Brandon


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