TitaniumTT's I hope I make it to DGRR '09 Build

[Turbo II Rotor]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

Scott! My other DGRR savior. Dude, I've been through 4 socks total, 3 main filters. Sadly all we did @ DGRR was fix the symptom. I think, I hope, I PRAY that the main cause was the epoxy coated tank, which has finally been changed out. Hopefully that is the end of this crap.

What product was the tank coated with? Do you think the ethanol in the gas dissolved it? I'm picking up my tank Friday from getting boiled and coated, now you got me worried.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by WE3RX7

Make sure you hit me up before you go for your 400whp run, I def want to be there... the mrs and I will book a room and attend the grand event

Probably throw my 8 up there for some baseline pulls too... ya know, to give you perspective, lol...

The last auto-x I was at there was an 8 that said he did like 130 or 150 on the dyno and thought that to be low........ I thought so too. I'll def be updating this thread when the time comes. It'll be a saturday too, that much I do know. Maybe mid-late August at this point.... dunno. We'll see what happens.

Originally Posted by FC3S Murray

400 woot woot..............vodka again

You and your flipp'in vodka. What's your brand? I'm quite the vodka drinker myself

Originally Posted by Turbo II Rotor

What product was the tank coated with? Do you think the ethanol in the gas dissolved it? I'm picking up my tank Friday from getting boiled and coated, now you got me worried.

I have no idea what the product was. I took it to a local radiator/machine shop and they took care of the whole thing. I'm positive it's the ethanol that's breaking it down. Most everyone that I know with a fiberglass tank is replacing it with plastic or Aluminum. I've even heard from Tim Marren that the ethanol is breaking down the plastic fuel cells and releasing the "sand" they use to help mold the things. Metal seems to be the only safe bet now.

I know it's the ethanol because at one point I dropped the tank. Cleaned all the fuel out. Whiped the tank down with a paper towel and it came back clean. I poured some gas in, sloshed it around and whiped again, still NOTHING. A few weeks later I have filters clogged with sludge after I found NOTHING in the tank. Fucking ethanol. I would talk to the guy that coated the thing and see if he's had ANY complaints about it, and I'd also be curious how long he's been using it. Seems to take a few years for the shit to start breaking down the epoxy. Unless some other rank chemical was added recently that I'm unaware of. I'm no chemist, but from my experience, the ethanol seems to be the beast.

[Turbo II Rotor]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

I have no idea what the product was. I took it to a local radiator/machine shop and they took care of the whole thing. I'm positive it's the ethanol that's breaking it down. Most everyone that I know with a fiberglass tank is replacing it with plastic or Aluminum. I've even heard from Tim Marren that the ethanol is breaking down the plastic fuel cells and releasing the "sand" they use to help mold the things. Metal seems to be the only safe bet now.

I know it's the ethanol because at one point I dropped the tank. Cleaned all the fuel out. Whiped the tank down with a paper towel and it came back clean. I poured some gas in, sloshed it around and whiped again, still NOTHING. A few weeks later I have filters clogged with sludge after I found NOTHING in the tank. Fucking ethanol. I would talk to the guy that coated the thing and see if he's had ANY complaints about it, and I'd also be curious how long he's been using it. Seems to take a few years for the shit to start breaking down the epoxy. Unless some other rank chemical was added recently that I'm unaware of. I'm no chemist, but from my experience, the ethanol seems to be the beast.

F... Mine is getting done at a radiator repair shop. I've seen the effects of the ethanol on my 5 gal gas cans. They are at least 20 years old and have been perfect until about 3 years ago and you can see the plastic drying out at an accelerated rate. I'll have to ask how ethanol friendly the coating they used is. As with your car no part of my fuel system will be OEM so I will have to see how this goes. Do you have the name and number of the shop you used? I'd like to give them a call and find out what product they use on their tanks.

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by FC3S Murray

Goose of the Grey my friend.


MAn, we have an ethonal mix up here, small percentage but still here. If it isn't one thing.....

Mine too actually..
We're up to 15% I believe. Shit sucks moose balls.

Originally Posted by EJayCe996

I'm a potato vodka man myself but I do enjoy Stoli, Ketel One, and Level (a good bottle to take to the BYOB strip clubs, the girls think the bottle is pretty )

BYOB strip clubs?!? AWESOME. TX rules. I've got a Polish bottle that looks like a stained glass widow, pretty awesome, very pretty.

Originally Posted by Turbo II Rotor

F... Mine is getting done at a radiator repair shop. I've seen the effects of the ethanol on my 5 gal gas cans. They are at least 20 years old and have been perfect until about 3 years ago and you can see the plastic drying out at an accelerated rate. I'll have to ask how ethanol friendly the coating they used is. As with your car no part of my fuel system will be OEM so I will have to see how this goes. Do you have the name and number of the shop you used? I'd like to give them a call and find out what product they use on their tanks.

A1 Radiator in Bridgeport CT. This was about 5-6 years ago. Good luck Scott. If they have anydoubts as to the compatabilty with the ethanol, I would think about having the epoxy boiled out, if at all possible. Tanks ain't that expensive, relatively speaking anyway. I'm actually looking forward to an extra few gallons.