Restoring A Tank - Sticker Removal?

"LJ" <laremoDelete RemoveThis @yahoo.com> writes:

> From: "LJ" <laremoDelete RemoveThis @yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Restoring A Tank - Sticker Removal?
> Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.tech
> Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:59:19 -0500
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> "Beryl" <terrapin RemoveThis @coolbits.net> wrote in message
> news:13hm21n7p2r1uba@corp.supernews.com...
>> The MOldy Gentleman wrote:
>>> Beryl <terrapin RemoveThis @coolbits.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>We don't know what tank the OP wants to remove stickers from. A "closed"
>>>>tank is still vented somehow, maybe to a charcoal cannister 2 feet away,
>>>>maybe thru a short tube on the gas cap, maybe a previous owner discarded
>>>>the ugly & unstylish vapor cannister and did something unique.
>>>
> While you're out saving the world anyhow, why don't you head on over to
> Sturgis next August and explain to every cigarette-smoking ape on a Harley
> the inherent fire hazard of having an open flame so near gasoline fumes.
> I'd pay good money to see the video.

It'll be a short one tho'.

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LJ wrote:
> "Beryl" <terrapin RemoveThis @coolbits.net> wrote in message
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>>LJ wrote:
>>
>>>"Beryl" <terrapin RemoveThis @coolbits.net> wrote in message
>>>news:13hm21n7p2r1uba@corp.supernews.com...
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>>>
>>>>The MOldy Gentleman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Beryl <terrapin RemoveThis @coolbits.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>We don't know what tank the OP wants to remove stickers from. A
>>>>>>"closed"
>>>>>>tank is still vented somehow, maybe to a charcoal cannister 2 feet
>>>>>>away,
>>>>>>maybe thru a short tube on the gas cap, maybe a previous owner
>>>>>>discarded
>>>>>>the ugly & unstylish vapor cannister and did something unique.
>>>>>
>>>While you're out saving the world anyhow, why don't you head on over to
>>>Sturgis next August and explain to every cigarette-smoking ape on a
>>>Harley the inherent fire hazard of having an open flame so near gasoline
>>>fumes. I'd pay good money to see the video.
>>
>>Surprising that you don't realize a closed tank is vented.
>
>
> A) I never indicated that motorcycle fuel tanks were not vented.

You never indicated that you thought about anything except the overall
temperature of the fuel inside the tank as you heated it /only/ to the
extent that you can touch the metal briefly without burning yourself.
Great thinking there, Einstein, wouldn't want to burn your fingers.

> B) A closed tank, or any closed system, by definition would not be vented.

So why make a statement such as "There are not enough gas fumes on the
outside of a closed tank to concentrate..."? They already ARE
concentrated, right when they exit the vent. Where's the vent? How big a
vapor cloud should the OP let buildup before he sucks it into the hairdryer?
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