<VV> Gas Tank Sealing

[Stephen Upham]

I ordered something called Red-Kote when I bought my Clark's Ultimate 
Kit.  The Red-Kote came in a quart container.  You seal up all but the 
sender hole and put the entire contents of the sealer into the tank.  I 
used duct tape to seal the holes including the sender hole after 
filling the tank.  You roll the tank over and over gently to get the 
sealer on all parts of the inside of the tank.  Then you pour out the 
excess back into the container.  It's a little like the clowns coming 
out of a car at the circus.  That stuff will keep coming out for twenty 
minutes and you need to keep rotating the tank end over end and side to 
side to make sure that you get all of the excess out.  I looked into 
the tank with a flashlight to see if it was completely coated.  Hold 
your breath as the sealer fumes can't do your lungs any good.  It did 
look pretty.  You then have take off the tape and  to wait at least 24 
hours before reinstalling the tank.  I'm going to wait a solid week.  
Has anyone else had experience with this in the past?  Does it make a 
noticeable difference in the life of a tank?  They advertise that it 
will make it the last tank you will ever need to buy.  I certainly hope 
so.

Stephen Upham
Dallas, Texas

Mid prod. #18732 -1965 Monza sedan 110, Sierra Tan - Saddle, PG, A/C, 
original AM/FM, clock, tint, oil bath air filter, w/ 77K
(soon to be out of group red for the first time in twelve years)

Corvairium II
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  Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:09:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mike <themoose@mindspring.com>
Reply-To: Mike <themoose@mindspring.com>
To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Gas Tank Sealing

It appears there are two main products:

Clarks' and POR15 - Anyone have experience with either?

How much gas tank sealer does one need to seal 1 new gas tank?

8 oz? Pint? Quart?

(I am picking up a nice new gas tank...thanks Jim Scheibe!)

It appears there are two main products:

Clarks' and POR15 - Anyone have experience with either?

How much gas tank sealer does one need to seal 1 new gas tank?

8 oz? Pint? Quart?

(I am picking up a nice new gas tank...thanks Jim Scheibe!)