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Old 05-30-02, 02:18 AM
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My gas tank is troubling me, what should I do?
It's not actually a problem, but I'd like to be safe about this. The gas tank on my car has been sitting relatively idle for about a year now. I'm getting ready to fill 'er up and get this baby rolling, but I feel like I should flush the tank or something first? Any ideas?

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Old 05-30-02, 07:12 AM
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Just throw some gas in it, go through one full tank and then check the filter.
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84... get under it and undo the 14mm? bolt in the tank... drain the old gas and pour/flush some new gas in it... reinsert new bolt and go go GO
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what he said, flush it. make sure and put some fuel system cleaner in to eat deposits and any rust that has accumulated.
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Cool, sounds easy enough. Thanks
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