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Draining gas from a 122 Amazon gas tank 120-130

Just drain it by taking the plug out. A drain pan is nice!

I did that and picked up several inline fuel filters like they use on air cooled VWs and put a fresh one in the line and run it. When it plugs, replace it and I blow (reverse flush, take note of the fuel flow arrow and blow it out backwards) the dirty gas out of the dirty one, bag it and drop the bag in front of the radiator. Repeat and reuse until the car is running clean.

Depending, they will plug fairly often, I could go 50 miles or so at first, but it gets better pretty quickly. Soon enough they will catch the majority of the crap I have been doing this for years on my recycled reborn 122s. Get the tank cleaned and resealed when you get a chance.

I haven't changed or reverse flushed a filter in a long time. I most likely won't get my tank resealed unless something else comes up.

I can stop, deal with the filter and be on the go in a minute or less, day or night.

Yeah, it's crazy but it works fine for me!! So, I'm a cheap bastard, OK!

Oh, yeah, no new tanks for wagons, the sedans and wagons have fillers in different locations and they also are dimensionally different, as I recall.

Mike
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64 220 (RIP, now he's parts on the hoof) - 65 220 - 68 220 (almost ready for the road), and a 66 130 (35k miles last year)






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New Draining gas from a 122 Amazon gas tank [120-130]
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