[JP Noonan]

O.K. let me get this straight. I spent who knows (I know, but I'm not telling) how much money on three cars, all kinds of parts, and after countless hours I have one car from the three that runs most of the time. And you expect ME to help YOU.

I don't think so lunchbox.





All right, here goes. The rustiest car I've owned had (a 72 from Ohio that sat for 8-9 years) a damn near perfect tank. It also came with a good history of receits and (even a MPG log from the last 10 years of its life) no mention of a new tank, so lets assume it was original. The tank was bone dry when I took it out, I guess that helped.

The other cars, one was runnning 1 year before I got it, the other 6+ years had horrible rust in the tank, and my friends "rust free" CA car had the worst tank of them all. I dunno, maybe once the gas turn to kerosene it rots the tank.

Either stick a steel tube (5/16" brake line does it for me) into the bottom of the tank and see what it picks up. A better way is to remove the tank, take out the sender and filler neck. Shine a light in one and look into the other.

The steel shot idea might work if the shot is small enough to get past the tank baffle and if you put it into a tumbler for a couple of days. Other than that look up some past messages about "POR-15" and other tank treatments.