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Coca Cola Gas tank experiment results

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And survey says:

Not terribly effective.

It did clean off some surface rust, but not significantly enough to recommend it. The experience was borne of this thread for anyone not following it.

I ended up leaving it in the tank a little longer than initially planned (about 2 1/2 days) since I didn't time it well with my work schedule and it was cold out, so I figured after researching that without heat, more time would be better and wouldn't hurt anything. I would have dumped and flushed and added the second batch, but I didn't see enough of a difference (but some) to keep at it. I'll save that batch of Coke for cleaning my chrome - heard it works great.

Some rust dissipated, but not really enough IMO opinion to use it. Probably be great for a basic cleaning, followed by flushing with water, flushing the petcock, rinse, repeat, dump, rinse repeat, etc and drying with a hair dryer or heat gun. The good part is that it did remove and loosen some corrosion, cost very little and did no harm.


So it would have been a really cool story if it had worked, but since Coca Cola is often used for cleaning just about anything (phosphoric acid, ph of 2-3) I'm guessing many before me have tried it and it probably didn't work. Guess Coke still goes better with Jack than old gas and rust!
 
I prefer Canadian Club or Crown myself. But, I suppose old gas and rust will do in a pinch.
 
Mike, Mike, Mike. You can't go around believing everything you read on snopes, for crying in the rain. Sometimes you just have to pour some Coke in you gas tank and find out for yourself. Then you can regret not blindly following the editors at snopes.*
 
wolfie said:
Mike, Mike, Mike. You can't go around believing everything you read on snopes, for crying in the rain. Sometimes you just have to pour some Coke in you gas tank and find out for yourself. Then you can regret not blindly following the editors at snopes.*
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Oh, man. Now I've got a lotta work ahead of me going through the pages one by one and verifying it all! Should be fun, though.
 
I had coke in my tank and my bike just did not want to go to sleep 8-[


I'm thinkng dog shampoo might be the anwser to adjusting my valves..... arrrrf
 
It does have a ph of between 2-3 which would be effective for some cleaning tasks without damaging anything. Tab has the highest content of phosphoric acid If they still make that), followed by Coke, Diet Coke and Mr. Pibb. I almost used Mr. Pibb just because it would sound even crazier in any ensuing discussions.

It will however, quickly ruin a paint job. Wasn't worried about mine anyway - it's crazed already, but certainly looked far more dull after sloshing it with Coke.

As far a as a tooth goes... I'll bet the size shape and condition of the tooth make a difference. By drawing empirical conclusions from my highly controlled (not) experiment, I would guess that it would still be possible to seriously impact the integrity of a tooth in Coke, particularly if already a weak tooth, but probably not over night. If anyone would like to send me some of their teeth, I will gladly enact much more scholarly controlled experiments to determine this.
 
MissFabulous said:
And survey says:

Not terribly effective.

It did clean off some surface rust, but not significantly enough to recommend it.



It does work fairly well for cleaning bugs off a car windshield. :-)
Maybe not any better than a bucket of soapy water though. :-)

Earl
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earlfor said:
MissFabulous said:
And survey says:

Not terribly effective.

It did clean off some surface rust, but not significantly enough to recommend it.



It does work fairly well for cleaning bugs off a car windshield. :-)
Maybe not any better than a bucket of soapy water though. :-)

Earl
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and at least with the soapy water, you don't have to worry about ruining the paint job!
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49er said:
Forget the teeth. Try it on that seized spark plug in your Yami.
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HOLY CRAPOLA!!! Why didn't I think of that???

Of course at this rate it will freeze on contact if it gets any colder around here...

But just think - if I still have to resort to the blow torch, I'll have a nice yummy caramel coated engine! Engine Brulee, even!
 
You guys are all certifiably insane. No wonder I enjoy hanging out here!

I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!
 
txironhead said:
You guys are all certifiably insane. No wonder I enjoy hanging out here!

I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!
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Bah! Ingenuity is often mistaken for insanity...

(maybe sometimes the other way around, too, but oh well)

Before I got it, I think my tank was left to sit about 3/4 full of gas because it wasn't bad below that point. Now that area is pretty sparkly clean, but the top part of the tank, where it splits was harder to work on and harder to let soak. I guess something stronger and faster acting will be more effective for that spot.
 
MissFabulous said:
HOLY CRAPOLA!!! Why didn't I think of that???

Of course at this rate it will freeze on contact if it gets any colder around here...

But just think - if I still have to resort to the blow torch, I'll have a nice yummy caramel coated engine! Engine Brulee, even!
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Hmmmm, would that qualify as a hot lick? LMAO

E.
 
i dont know if this is relevant or even usefull for your usage

but tomato ketchup or sauce as we say in england has very good cleaning propertys it sure beats coke and is lots faster acting
when theirs been a pan badly burnt splash some tomato sauce on and leave a min the rub off usualy gleams like new
also makes pennys like new in a few seconds

i recently used tomato sauce to remove tarnish on my exhaust lol
 
Jeez, I've just spent eons removing the oxides and polishing my cylinder and head fins with dremels and wet and dry sand paper. I obviously overlooked the posibilities of using coke or tomatoe ketchup/sauce.
I'm shattered. Pass the beer.
 
I'll bet ketchup is great for all kinds of things. It's very acidic, as mentioned earlier, the sugar would probably temporarily seal the metal and it's thick enough to spread and not drip all over the place!

When I was a teen I worked in a restaurant that left ketchup bottles on all the tables. They weren't refrigerated and we were told to simply fill them with new ketchup when they got low. That meant there was a lot of old ketchup building up in those bottles... so much gas would build up in them that the tops would blow off and shoot ketchup everywhere when the lid was removed.
Wear protective gear!!! Ketchup can be dangerous in the wrong hands!

(I so have to try it)
 
Maybe your tank just prefers Pepsi! Ketchup is OK, But here in the south we like BBQ sauce. I don't recommend Beer in the tank like 49er suggested, that would be alcohol abuse!
 
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