Hi there, here is my 2 cents on the tank leak problem. There are
professional services available in Hemmings and others. There are also
products from Eastwood Corp for acid cleaning and treating. I would highly
recommend whatever the fix is to remove the tank and proceed for ease of a
thorough job and safety. A “quick and dirty” repair could be to lower the
fuel volume to almost nothing and jack up the car to slosh the remaining
fuel to a non leaking area, thoroughly clean the affected area (no grinding
no sparks use sandpaper) and apply an epoxy or other suitable product.
Just to bore you with some details I once spot welded and followed with
brass a large patch in the bottom of a tank in my old BMW 1600. I do not
recommend this but it can be safely done if extraordinary precautions are
taken. Again I can not overemphasize enough not to ever do this unless the
gas fumes have dissipated to the point that the inside of the tank smells
more like a thermos you put coffee in as opposed to a rusty fuel tank.
Good luck,
Frank Bailey-----Original Message-----
From: MALCOLM HUNT [SMTP:mhunt@sti.com.br]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 9:36 AM
To: saloons@jag-lovers.org
Subject: Re: [Saloon-lovers] Fuel Tank leak
If we were talking about a super tanker I could maybe be more constructive,
but unless you can inert top pressure gas into the tank you have to revert
to basics, just like the carbs, keep the mixture too lean or too rich to
avoid explosion, and would really advise on the former of these two
options,
ie, drain it and then vent it, but dont try to vent it like a friend of
mine
once tried on his mini, he simply thrust a hair dryer bodily into the
filler
opening, need I say any more???He survived, the car did not.
Andrew Hunt,
Sao Paulo.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Bjarnason bearson@crosslink.net
To: saloons@jag-lovers.org
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Saloon-lovers] Fuel Tank leak
Eric -
I don’t know the entire answer, but, for sure, do the work outside of
your
dwelling, if your garage is attached to the house. If there’s a fire,
I’m
sure you wouldn’t want your wife to be without a house after your
funeral!
;-))
Bjarn
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