Tank cleaning & Lining!, "Miles" varnish got me worried! Options

[william harris]

OK, Miles tale of woe has got me worried. I disassembled my car 4 months ago, it was running just fine before the "rustoration" started, and in the process I drained and removed by gas tank. It has been sitting on the parts shelf since then. What should I do (if anything) to clean and reline the tank? How should I store it (I haven't done anything, but it sits there with no gas in it and the cap on. Any suggestions will be appreciated. By the way, IMHO the way the Steve at Otto's has responded has not helped him at all. Based on his comments alone, I would not care to do business with his shop. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

[Mark Henry]

I got a good one!

A customer bought a stock turn-key1600 bug engine from me, phones me up says it runs like crap, and stalls half the time. I ran it in for at least a couple of hours, so I don’t understand why and I asked all the usual questions. He brings back the engine and I run it for several hours, no problem. He takes it back. Phones up, this time hopping mad, stills runs like shit (not all the time) and he wants his money back. I say, “look, bring me the car and I’ll check it out”. Nope, he doesn’t trust the car, yanks the engine (again) brings it up and yells at me to fix it right. So this time I stick it in the wife’s car and she drives it for two weeks, again no problems. He comes and picks it back up.

A couple of weeks later he phones up all apologetic, seems the tank liner (POR 15 I think, but not positive) peeled off in great big chunks and would fold over the outlet. A new tank was the end of his problems. He asked how much he owed me and I said forget about it. He sent me a cheque for $400 anyways.

I doubt if I will ever seal a tank.