88bmwjeff
SF Bay Area
My heart sunk when small black chunks came out of my gas tank while draining the old fuel. I ordered a small snake camera that connects to a cell phone (±$20) and took a peek inside. And, it doesn't look that bad. Granted it still needs to be cleaned out properly, but it doesn't look as bad as I thought it might. The tank appears to be very much salvageable, since the videos I've seen on cleaning and resealing tanks show much worse. Whew!! Here are two photos of the inside. The pictures are a little blurry given that I cannot focus the camera. The first photos is what the worst areas look like. There are areas that have no black/rust. It looks as though the majority of the red coating is still intact, but I didn't take photos of those areas.
