New fuel tank(s)

We all know our fuel tanks are on their way to failure slowly but surely.

I have replace mine twice now with second hand ones and the one I'm on now isn't exactly brilliant but its not leaking again yet.

I sold a van to a guy recently, and told him the tank was buggered, while I was fixing the fuel gauge I found it was leaking in two places so I epoxied it up best I could and it held fuel again for now.

It was also a 4x4 Hijet, which have a slightly different fuel tank than a normal Hijet van, so I said the chances of him finding a new tank was pretty slim to say the least.

So off he disappeared for a few weeks, and he came back today to show off his nice newly fabricated alloy HIGH CAPACITY(!!!) fuel tank.

I bet its about 35% bigger, and it will last well much longer than a Hijet.

I have spoke to the guy that has made it, and he is going to make me a small batch of new tanks but in steel, zinc coated though so they last. I suspect they will be around £250 each, which is quite a bit of cash, but what can you do when you need a fuel tank?

So anyhow, here are some photos of the nice shiny alloy tank!

very nice, i wonder if they would fit a pickup? I'm sick to death of my tank!

Someone will make you a pickup tank if you shop around

I definitely need a new tank!

Megarett wrote:I definitely need a new tank!

Have you checked to see if it is on the recall list?

Have you thought about just lining the tank? You can get a tank lining resin and it works well, flush inside with a rust inhibitor first. Mix the resin, pour it in and slosh it around and then leave cure. You can use it on the outside too. give it a coat of some decent paint and it should last forever almost after that.

What brand do you recommend?

Resins are pretty much of muchness these days in quality so would just do a google review first. The last time I did one of these was on one of my mini estates in the early 90's and can't remember the brand. I just bought what they had at my local old school motor factors at the time. It worked well for me and the only difference i did was have it plasti dipped on the outside at a friends place of work at the time.

Fertan Tapox looks highly recommended. In terms of derusting the inside though I would recomend an electrolisis method. This will ensure a complete rust removal and the process itself will remove any contaminent. This is easy done yourself with a couple of bits of wire and an battery charger and a bag of soda crystals. I use this process all the time for derusting. Hope that helps

That's awesome, I'll be working on restoring my 'good' tank this week.

... Is there a website for the electrolysis thing? Lol

Youtube is your best friend unless you are near me and i could help