[Fot] Check your fuel cell

[Bud Rolofson]

List,

I recently discovered my ATL fuel cell was leaking. Upon removal here’s what it looked like. All four sides were toast and the sides of the bladder literally fell apart when I pulled the bladder out of the metal box. There was no external damage to the box so this was all just fuel/bladder interaction/reaction and old age. See pics.

I was a bit shaken to think I’d been naive enough to trust it and stupid enough not to check it more thoroughly. Driving a molotov cocktail in the boot is not a good idea. I read a receipt wrong that came with the car and thought the bladder had been replaced but it was the baffling that had been replaced. 

So if you may have a really old bladder (no old man jokes please) or don’t really know how old it is please learn from my mistake and check and replace if needed.

Regards
Bud

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