What is this?

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I agree with Rev. For the money, you'd be better off just replacing the tank.

Rev-
Where've you been? I haven't seen you in quite a while, and was getting concerned! I hope all is well!

Originally posted by joinrdie
I would guess that it's just old gas. The nine-year-old gas I drained out of my tank was red and smelled like turpentine.

Yeah. That brings back a real pleasant memory. A buddy and I built a street rod out of a '64 Ranchero a few years back, and I was the lucky dog that got to remove the fuel tank so that we could install our fuel cell. This thing hadn't been fired in 10 years, and had more than a 1/4 tank of "stuff" in it. I didn't realize how much was in it until I got it loose from the straps, and was balancing it between a jack stand and my left arm. Well, my left arm lost the balancing battle with the jack stand, and the tank dumped several gallons of what can best be described as the worst, stinkiest, foulest turpentine you've ever seen, ALL over me.

Two 15 minute showers later, I still stunk, and the clothes I was wearing probably had to be burned. Up until that point, I thought gear oil was the worst, hard-to-get-rid-of smell there was, but this 10 year old fuel beat it hands down.

The point I'm getting to is that if it was old gas that was coming out, you'd definitely smell it.

Man, that really sucked. I can still smell it when I think about it.

Take care,
~Chris