Rich: MEK will remove it. Procedure is to remove tank, gas gauge, and all fittings. Soak tank for a day or two in each of several positions. You'll probably want to strain the MEK when you empty the tank and reuse it a few times before proper disposal. My tank took three complete soakings in each oreintation and two weeks to clean out completely. I used the automobile alchohol resistant sloshing compound as a replacement. One tank turned out great; the other still has one weeping rivet due to a poor repair job by a previous owner.
By the way, I didn't get near the MEK, but instead let someone else deal with this totally nasty, carcinogenic, allergen. Happy flying, David Alon A-2 N6359V rich wrote: > > At first, I thought that the reddish brown residue coating the inside of > the fuel tanks of the coupe was dried fuel residue but after reading Ed > Burkhard's article on purchasing a coupe I now wonder if it is sloshing > compound. When I rebuilt my MGB, I used a sloshing compound on the fuel > tank that was white and was supposed to resist alcohol in fuels. It has > been in operation for over a year and to date I have experienced no > seperation of the sloshing compound from the tank walls. How can you > remove the compound from the tanks?? I really do not want to remove the > +200 rivets per tank to manually scrape it off. What will dissolve it?? > There are no leaks in the tanks either. Any ideas?? > Richard > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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