Given that nitrogen is all the rage for filling tires, you could take it to
the local tire place and have them fill it up. Or maybe you have a tig
welder and could use the argon to purge the container.
But all that seems to be a lot more work that it is worth. Assuming the plug
is in the lowest part of the tank - would it make sense to put the plug
anywhere else - the water idea seems to be the most practical for the
drilling and flushing of the dirt, followed by a gallon of alcohol from the
hardware store to flush what little water might remain, a fill of gas, a can
of seafoam and be done with it.
But that is just my personal opinion and is probably not even worth the
electricity your computer used while you viewed the email.
> >Drilling by hand, I doubt you'll reach ignition temperature for gasoline
>>anyway. I've seen a cigarette put out in the stuff. But a gallon or two
>>of
>>water wouldn't hurt anything, JIC.
>
> It's not the gas, it's the gas and air that's dangerous.
>
> As a child I remember throwing lighted matches into a bucket of gas.
> They just go out. A tank, part full of fuel is dangerous. The tank needs
> to be full of something that will keep any air/oxygen away from the
> ignition source. And when you get the plug drilled out, do I need to
> remind you not to be smoking or sparking when the gas leaks out?
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