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Tue, 26 November 2013 08:17  |
Robin Hood
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Came in to work late today. I'll stay late so I don't have to burn any
leave.
Heh heh. He said "burn". I positively REEK of gasoline right now.
My wife helped me dump the collected rainwater out of the gas tanks (really
should have stood them up against something instead of just letting them
lay flat during the biggest winter storm in forever) into the wash tub. I
filled a five gallon DOT approved gas can by dunking it into the tub, but
the tub was refilled by the rainwater we dumped out of the tanks. I have no
idea how two and a half gallons worth of rain can go through the sender
hole, but whatever. The important thing is that I didn't wantonly and
recklessly pollute the area with fuel spillage or contaminated water.
I merely NEGLIGENTLY did, at worst. Arguably, one can even say that I took
reasonable prrecautions. I mean, I don't want to hurt my wife's flowers or
kill off the fish in the neighborhood pond. Very little fuel or
contaminated water wound up on the ground.
Some did, however, and it got soaked up by my stylisly long blue-jeans. I
mean, the driveway was awash with rain, and any fuel just sort of sat on
top of the puddles, and it got all into my shoes and socks and britches
legs.
I am not very good at this.
However, we pressed on. Dana didn't have a single cross word to say,
despite being woken up on a gray rainy cold November day and put out in the
rain to help me get these fuel tanks loaded into my Subaru Outback. It
reeks of gas now too.
I drove to the bad part of town, which is located just a few minutes from
my office, and dropped off the tanks. They'll clean them up and reline
them. They're gpoing to call me with the overall price. I suspect I had
better pay it, whatever it is.
And get my wife a happy of some sort.
--
Robin Hood
Jackson, MS
2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place... [message #231305 is a reply to message #231303] |
Tue, 26 November 2013 08:34  |
scott cowden
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For what it's worth, I think you made the right decision taking it to a pro shop. I've cleaned out other tanks in the past but the GMC tanks' shape really makes a good job almost impossible without being able to cut it open and blast it clean. That's beyond most guys capabilities.
The mess in the driveway now is only a fraction of what it would have been had you tried to clean them there.
Good luck.
Scott
'74 x-Glacier
Newmarket ON
> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:17:42 -0600
> From: loxley@gmail.com
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Subject: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place...
>
> Came in to work late today. I'll stay late so I don't have to burn any
> leave.
>
> Heh heh. He said "burn". I positively REEK of gasoline right now.
>
> My wife helped me dump the collected rainwater out of the gas tanks (really
> should have stood them up against something instead of just letting them
> lay flat during the biggest winter storm in forever) into the wash tub. I
> filled a five gallon DOT approved gas can by dunking it into the tub, but
> the tub was refilled by the rainwater we dumped out of the tanks. I have no
> idea how two and a half gallons worth of rain can go through the sender
> hole, but whatever. The important thing is that I didn't wantonly and
> recklessly pollute the area with fuel spillage or contaminated water.
>
> I merely NEGLIGENTLY did, at worst. Arguably, one can even say that I took
> reasonable prrecautions. I mean, I don't want to hurt my wife's flowers or
> kill off the fish in the neighborhood pond. Very little fuel or
> contaminated water wound up on the ground.
>
> Some did, however, and it got soaked up by my stylisly long blue-jeans. I
> mean, the driveway was awash with rain, and any fuel just sort of sat on
> top of the puddles, and it got all into my shoes and socks and britches
> legs.
>
> I am not very good at this.
>
> However, we pressed on. Dana didn't have a single cross word to say,
> despite being woken up on a gray rainy cold November day and put out in the
> rain to help me get these fuel tanks loaded into my Subaru Outback. It
> reeks of gas now too.
>
> I drove to the bad part of town, which is located just a few minutes from
> my office, and dropped off the tanks. They'll clean them up and reline
> them. They're gpoing to call me with the overall price. I suspect I had
> better pay it, whatever it is.
>
> And get my wife a happy of some sort.
>
> --
> Robin Hood
> Jackson, MS
> 2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
> 1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
> 1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
> 1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place... [message #231309 is a reply to message #231303] |
Tue, 26 November 2013 09:31 |
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Well, it's for sure that Dana now has "skin in the game" on the coach. Really great bit of luck in finding her!
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> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:17:42 -0600
> From: loxley@gmail.com
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Subject: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place...
>
> Came in to work late today. I'll stay late so I don't have to burn any
> leave.
>
> Heh heh. He said "burn". I positively REEK of gasoline right now.
>
> My wife helped me dump the collected rainwater out of the gas tanks (really
> should have stood them up against something instead of just letting them
> lay flat during the biggest winter storm in forever) into the wash tub. I
> filled a five gallon DOT approved gas can by dunking it into the tub, but
> the tub was refilled by the rainwater we dumped out of the tanks. I have no
> idea how two and a half gallons worth of rain can go through the sender
> hole, but whatever. The important thing is that I didn't wantonly and
> recklessly pollute the area with fuel spillage or contaminated water.
>
> I merely NEGLIGENTLY did, at worst. Arguably, one can even say that I took
> reasonable prrecautions. I mean, I don't want to hurt my wife's flowers or
> kill off the fish in the neighborhood pond. Very little fuel or
> contaminated water wound up on the ground.
>
> Some did, however, and it got soaked up by my stylisly long blue-jeans. I
> mean, the driveway was awash with rain, and any fuel just sort of sat on
> top of the puddles, and it got all into my shoes and socks and britches
> legs.
>
> I am not very good at this.
>
> However, we pressed on. Dana didn't have a single cross word to say,
> despite being woken up on a gray rainy cold November day and put out in the
> rain to help me get these fuel tanks loaded into my Subaru Outback. It
> reeks of gas now too.
>
> I drove to the bad part of town, which is located just a few minutes from
> my office, and dropped off the tanks. They'll clean them up and reline
> them. They're gpoing to call me with the overall price. I suspect I had
> better pay it, whatever it is.
>
> And get my wife a happy of some sort.
>
> --
> Robin Hood
> Jackson, MS
> 2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
> 1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
> 1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
> 1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place... [message #231358 is a reply to message #231303] |
Tue, 26 November 2013 14:13 |
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Robin,
Bringing the tanks to a professional was the right decision IMO.
A question for the GMC Brain trust - were the tanks "lined" from the factory?
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Hood
Came in to work late today. I'll stay late so I don't have to burn any
leave.
Heh heh. He said "burn". I positively REEK of gasoline right now.
My wife helped me dump the collected rainwater out of the gas tanks (really
should have stood them up against something instead of just letting them
lay flat during the biggest winter storm in forever) into the wash tub. I
filled a five gallon DOT approved gas can by dunking it into the tub, but
the tub was refilled by the rainwater we dumped out of the tanks. I have no
idea how two and a half gallons worth of rain can go through the sender
hole, but whatever. The important thing is that I didn't wantonly and
recklessly pollute the area with fuel spillage or contaminated water.
I merely NEGLIGENTLY did, at worst. Arguably, one can even say that I took
reasonable prrecautions. I mean, I don't want to hurt my wife's flowers or
kill off the fish in the neighborhood pond. Very little fuel or
contaminated water wound up on the ground.
Some did, however, and it got soaked up by my stylisly long blue-jeans. I
mean, the driveway was awash with rain, and any fuel just sort of sat on
top of the puddles, and it got all into my shoes and socks and britches
legs.
I am not very good at this.
However, we pressed on. Dana didn't have a single cross word to say,
despite being woken up on a gray rainy cold November day and put out in the
rain to help me get these fuel tanks loaded into my Subaru Outback. It
reeks of gas now too.
I drove to the bad part of town, which is located just a few minutes from
my office, and dropped off the tanks. They'll clean them up and reline
them. They're gpoing to call me with the overall price. I suspect I had
better pay it, whatever it is.
And get my wife a happy of some sort.
--
Robin
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place... [message #231365 is a reply to message #231358] |
Tue, 26 November 2013 14:57 |
Bob de Kruyff
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""Robin,
Bringing the tanks to a professional was the right decision IMO.
A question for the GMC Brain trust - were the tanks "lined" from the factory?
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
""
Rob, I'm not aware of any GM tanks in that timeframe that were lined. Any ones I have looked at are bare metal. Since then we have had plastic tanks and tanks with bladders.
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place... [message #231367 is a reply to message #231366] |
Tue, 26 November 2013 15:12 |
Carl S.
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| Robin Hood wrote on Tue, 26 November 2013 14:00 |
Booyah! cleaned and lined, two hundred bucks each!  Ready some time next
week. Hopefully Wednesday, which is my day off.
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Robin Hood
Jackson, MS
2013 Subaru Outback "Top Flight"
1968 Pontiac Catalina "The Cheshire Cat"
1978 GMC Royale motorhome "Pinto Bean"
1977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome "Barn Queen"
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That's awesome. That was definitely the way to go.
Carl Stouffer
'75 ex Palm Beach
Tucson, AZ.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place... [message #231382 is a reply to message #231376] |
Tue, 26 November 2013 16:03 |
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Last tank I lined was an old street bike tank about 20 years ago and I used a product called kreem? Or something. I was not terribly satisfied with the apparent adhesion of the stuff and application was difficult in a small tank without baffles. I don't know how you could ensure even application in our large tanks. Products of this type have undoubtedly been improved since then but I feel similar to Rob. If the tank is not rusted thin then it's probably ok going forward once it's clean. If it is rusted thin it may not be worth the trouble. Maybe run the clean thin one until you can scrounge a good used one.
Todd Sullivan
Sully
77 royale
Seattle
> On Nov 26, 2013, at 1:39 PM, "Robert Mueller" <robmueller@iinet.net.au> wrote:
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> Robin,
>
> In light of what Bob de Kruyff noted I wonder if lining them is a good idea? From what I have read here once they are clean the
> ethanol will keep them that way. I vaguely remember (possibly incorrectly) someone mentioning that they had tanks relined and the
> stuff came off causing big problems!
>
> If they don't line them the cost should be lower too.
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> Sydney, Australia
> AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robin Hood
>
> Booyah! cleaned and lined, two hundred bucks each! :) Ready some time next
> week. Hopefully Wednesday, which is my day off. :)
>
> Robin
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place... [message #231389 is a reply to message #231386] |
Tue, 26 November 2013 16:13 |
sgltrac
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I think a plastic fuel cell might be the way to go I you are going custom? I haven't checked what the "standard" sizes are but iirc the cost of standard sizes wasn't that steep. Then again, this was high school :/
Todd Sullivan
Sully
77 royale
Seattle
> On Nov 26, 2013, at 2:09 PM, "Robert Mueller" <robmueller@iinet.net.au> wrote:
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> Todd,
>
> I used Kreem all the time when I was building hot rod Harley's in Hong Kong. I was EXTREMELY careful to follow the instructions TO
> THE LETTER and was fortunate that I never had any problems.
>
> However, a 3.5 gallon Harley tank with no baffles is a far cry from a 25 gallon GMC tank with baffles.
>
> I am going to have to deal with rusty fuel tanks on The Blue Streak I may just have some aluminum ones made up.
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> Sydney, Australia
> AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Sullivan
>
> Last tank I lined was an old street bike tank about 20 years ago and I used a product called kreem? Or something. I was not terribly
> satisfied with the apparent adhesion of the stuff and application was difficult in a small tank without baffles. I don't know how
> you could ensure even application in our large tanks. Products of this type have undoubtedly been improved since then but I feel
> similar to Rob. If the tank is not rusted thin then it's probably ok going forward once it's clean. If it is rusted thin it may not
> be worth the trouble. Maybe run the clean thin one until you can scrounge a good used one.
>
> Todd Sullivan
>
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place... [message #231390 is a reply to message #231376] |
Tue, 26 November 2013 16:13 |
scott cowden
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Actually, Rob, it's the opposite. The ethanol is hydroscopic, which attracts moisture. Hence the need to keep the tanks full when the coach isn't in use to minimize unconditioned [moist] air from interacting with the fuel and putting water condensate in contact with the bare metal tank.
My tanks are in great shape and I'm crediting this with keeping the tanks full and regular use of fuel stabilizers to counteract the ethanol's water grabbing tendencies.
Ethanol in fuel is completely useless other than for political purposes so govt can suck up to industrial agri-business, but I digress. Add 10% ethanol and your fuel economy drops 10%....so we're paying gasoline prices for 'filler,'... oops, sorry, wrong forum!
Anywho, using a sealing product to contain and curtail the rust is likely the best step for a tank with internal corrosion to the extent we saw.
Keep on, Soldier, you're doing the right thing....
Just my two cents worth....
Scott
'74 x-Glacier
Newmarket ON
> From: robmueller@iinet.net.au
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 08:39:33 +1100
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place...
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> Robin,
>
> In light of what Bob de Kruyff noted I wonder if lining them is a good idea? From what I have read here once they are clean the
> ethanol will keep them that way. I vaguely remember (possibly incorrectly) someone mentioning that they had tanks relined and the
> stuff came off causing big problems!
>
> If they don't line them the cost should be lower too.
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> Sydney, Australia
> AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robin Hood
>
> Booyah! cleaned and lined, two hundred bucks each! :) Ready some time next
> week. Hopefully Wednesday, which is my day off. :)
>
> Robin
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place... [message #231392 is a reply to message #231380] |
Tue, 26 November 2013 16:15 |
Emery Stora
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I am totally against the use of ethanol in gasoline but u must say that attraction of water shouldn't be a problem in a sealed tank. If you left it in an uncovered tank if would be a problem.
But in a fuel tank it is sealed and the only water that could enter is in the air that is drawn in to replace the fuel being drawn out. The ethanol can easily absorb that small amount of water so that it doesn't settle out.
Ethanol is actually a weak acid and it can be corrosive to metals even without the addition of water
Emery Stora
On Nov 26, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Larry Davick <ljdavick@comcast.net> wrote:
> But doesn't our Ethanol laced fuel attract water? Couln't that lead to rust in an unlined tank?
>
> Larry Davick
> Fremont, California
> A Mystery Machine
> '76 (ish) Palm Beach
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Robert Mueller" <robmueller@iinet.net.au>
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 1:39:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place...
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> Robin,
>
> In light of what Bob de Kruyff noted I wonder if lining them is a good idea? From what I have read here once they are clean the
> ethanol will keep them that way. I vaguely remember (possibly incorrectly) someone mentioning that they had tanks relined and the
> stuff came off causing big problems!
>
> If they don't line them the cost should be lower too.
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> Sydney, Australia
> AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place... [message #231396 is a reply to message #231390] |
Tue, 26 November 2013 16:44 |
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Scott,
I think you've read something into my message that wasn't there. I agree 100% that ethanol is hydroscopic that's why when I filled
up Double Trouble's tanks last week before I left the USA I could see gas in the filler neck. It was about 1/2" below the cap. It
took almost a half an hour to get it to that level with all the burbling and bubbling.
When I noted "From what I have read here once they are clean the ethanol will keep them that way." I could have sworn that ethanol
will eat rust because I could swear that I've read that filters were found to be full of rust.
I just read Emery's message in which he states; "Ethanol is actually a weak acid and it can be corrosive to metals even without the
addition of water."
Emery,
Would ethanol eat rust on the inside of a fuel tank?
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
-----Original Message-----
From: scott cowden
Actually, Rob, it's the opposite. The ethanol is hydroscopic, which attracts moisture. Hence the need to keep the tanks full when
the coach isn't in use to minimize unconditioned [moist] air from interacting with the fuel and putting water condensate in contact
with the bare metal tank.
My tanks are in great shape and I'm crediting this with keeping the tanks full and regular use of fuel stabilizers to counteract the
ethanol's water grabbing tendencies.
Ethanol in fuel is completely useless other than for political purposes so govt can suck up to industrial agri-business, but I
digress. Add 10% ethanol and your fuel economy drops 10%....so we're paying gasoline prices for 'filler,'... oops, sorry, wrong
forum!
Anywho, using a sealing product to contain and curtail the rust is likely the best step for a tank with internal corrosion to the
extent we saw.
Keep on, Soldier, you're doing the right thing....
Just my two cents worth....
Scott
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Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place... [message #231400 is a reply to message #231396] |
Tue, 26 November 2013 16:56 |
scott cowden
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Sorry if i misread that, Rob;
A lot of people also mix up ethanol, methanol and methyl hydrate. We use methyl hydrate up here in the GWN [Great White North] to keep water from freezing in our fuel tanks and lines in winter. I have fairly regularly heard people say that with ethanol in the fuel that gas line antifreeze [methyl hydrate] is no longer needed. It's probable that we need it even more now.
Scott
> From: robmueller@iinet.net.au
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:44:09 +1100
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Dropped the tanks off at the radiator place...
>
> Scott,
>
> I think you've read something into my message that wasn't there. I agree 100% that ethanol is hydroscopic that's why when I filled
> up Double Trouble's tanks last week before I left the USA I could see gas in the filler neck. It was about 1/2" below the cap. It
> took almost a half an hour to get it to that level with all the burbling and bubbling.
>
> When I noted "From what I have read here once they are clean the ethanol will keep them that way." I could have sworn that ethanol
> will eat rust because I could swear that I've read that filters were found to be full of rust.
>
> I just read Emery's message in which he states; "Ethanol is actually a weak acid and it can be corrosive to metals even without the
> addition of water."
>
> Emery,
>
> Would ethanol eat rust on the inside of a fuel tank?
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> Sydney, Australia
> AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scott cowden
>
> Actually, Rob, it's the opposite. The ethanol is hydroscopic, which attracts moisture. Hence the need to keep the tanks full when
> the coach isn't in use to minimize unconditioned [moist] air from interacting with the fuel and putting water condensate in contact
> with the bare metal tank.
>
> My tanks are in great shape and I'm crediting this with keeping the tanks full and regular use of fuel stabilizers to counteract the
> ethanol's water grabbing tendencies.
>
> Ethanol in fuel is completely useless other than for political purposes so govt can suck up to industrial agri-business, but I
> digress. Add 10% ethanol and your fuel economy drops 10%....so we're paying gasoline prices for 'filler,'... oops, sorry, wrong
> forum!
>
> Anywho, using a sealing product to contain and curtail the rust is likely the best step for a tank with internal corrosion to the
> extent we saw.
>
> Keep on, Soldier, you're doing the right thing....
>
> Just my two cents worth....
>
> Scott
>
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