[Shop-talk] fuel tank leak
FRED E THOMAS
frede.thomas2 at verizon.net
Fri Jul 18 17:04:16 MDT 2008
EXTREMELY DANGEROUSUS welding on a gas tank, please make sure you know what
you are doing. "FT"
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt at gmail.com>
To: "Dan and Jenny Fest (Coles Nurseries Inc)" <coles at colesnurseries.com>
Cc: <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] fuel tank leak
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Dan and Jenny Fest (Coles Nurseries
> Inc) <coles at colesnurseries.com> wrote:
>> I am rinsing my antique fuel tank with MEK to clean it out and prepare it
>> for
>> sealing. Two questions: First, the tank has a leak in one of the seams
>> about
>> 2/3 of the way up. It's not too bad but still needs to be fixed. I
>> can't get
>> to the spot on the inside. Is there a putty or caulk that I can use on
>> the
>> outside.
>
> Maybe. Maybe not. You can use epoxies to seal gas tanks, but
> depending on how it's leaking, and why, you may or may not be able to
> get it to stop. "Antique tank" probably means brazed steel tank.
> Brazed seams can leak on the outside far from where they're leaking on
> the inside, with fuel being wicked along by capillary action. There
> are companies that specialize in restoring tanks like that. The usual
> method is bake the tank (to remove all traces of gasoline), cut a
> hole, sandblast the in and out sides of the tank, coat the tank with
> an epoxy, bake it again, weld the hole up, coat the outside. With a
> coat of paint, it lloks stock.
>
> --
> David Scheidt
> dmscheidt at gmail.com
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