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Old 27-06-22, 14:00
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Terry Warner
 
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Originally Posted by Matthew P View Post
That's some work. I once did a Jeep gas tank. I used hot Pinesol (wood floor cleaner) to dissolve the gunk. But it revealed pin holes in the bottom of the tank. As the tank was dented from the Jeep being back into a stump or similar I opted to cut open the tank, reshape and patch in new metal. Still near boiling PineSol worked really, really well. I used it on a carburetor as well.
You made me think on a Monday morning - and that is not a good thing. I asked myself what is the active ingredient, and found the following. The Pine Oil gives the product its pleasant 'it must be working' aroma, but the active ingredient is glycolic acid.

https://pestcontrolhacks.com/is-pine...-disinfectant/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycolic_acid
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