My 88' GTX Worklog

[Damkid]

The engine bay is getting more full :D.......... Most of the wiring is connected, and once i get the gas tank cleaned out and re-installed i should soon be able to fire it up :D

[Mazda_Powered]

awesome dude! lookin good! i'm not looking forward to draining the protege tank and cleaning it, it has around 40L in it...lol sob...

[Damkid]

So today i started on the gas tank, i knew it needed to be cleaned out on the inside so i started there first




Just gross



all the crap that came from the tank




My assumption is that there was a small amount of gas left in the tank whenever it was pulled and the gas just turned into this slucge crap that i am working on cleaning out

After i scraped out as much as i could i poured a couple litres of fresh gas into to break down the remaining sludge so it'll hopefully clean up the rest of the way to a point where i'm comfortable using it

But on a good note, after i poured the fresh gas into it, i tilted the tank to check for leaks around the seam and it all checked out great, no leaks at all!!

[Rustypro]

that gas tank looks like fun,...btw what u running for intercooler?

[Mazda_Powered]

nasty insides lol, but the tank looks solid! glad to hear of no leaks!

rusty, afaik he's sourced out an oem gtx intercooler to use til he can get the car working 100%.

[Damkid]

^^Yup i'll be getting a stock intercooler for the time being lol when i'm done this GTX will be 100% stock....... for now lol

Did a bit more cleaning on the tank tonight, getting better but not good enough yet

[BFMRGTX]

That is freakin nasty. First thing to come to my feeble mind was using a high pressure sprayer and about 5 gallons of Superclean.

[white-lightning]

I have heard of filling a tank full of Coke-Cola to dissolve the crud build up.

[Damkid]

I have heard of filling a tank full of Coke-Cola to dissolve the crud build up.

I think i will try that, the worst that'll happen is that i gotta drain the coke and try again lol

[Mazda_Powered]

haha ya, ppl usually use varsol or mineral spirits (as per google search) to clean it all out, coke would work too tho, just might leave things sticky afterwards lol.

[azgtx]

I took one in and had it dipped 100 bucks later it was like new.

[Damkid]

Hmm maybe getting it dipped would be the best option before i try coke or any other cleaning crap, cause i know for sure i wont be able to reach every bit of crap inside the tank and it won't be 100% clean if i keep trying to clean it the way i have been

Thanks for that tip, now to search for somewhere local that can dip it for me

[CaymenEGT91]

^^I'm hoping the paint will come back, but i'm not counting on it, i'll try buffing it to see what happens but worst case senario i'll just get give it a quick paint job so it looks better lol

Oh trust me it will come back.. prime example, my car:

This::



Plus THIS:: (followed by your favorite wax just to seal it)


Equals THIS:::

[Damkid]

Wow, you really brought that shine back!! hopefully i have the same results!!

[Mazda_Powered]

you should dude! i've got some stuff along the same lines as Caymen showed there for the polish, i used it on the roof of my 626 (thru the clear in some spots and the hole roof is going white from build up) and it's now glossy green! did that in -3* weather too (sunny tho) lol