Fixing damaged fuel tanks

Question is....will you ever really "Kneed-It"? ;-)

Don't know the name of it Buffer , but there certainly is and it does radiators as well.

Used it a lot on spot rusted tanks, widely available , think its a 2 part mix.

Mine from Supacheap

Robin Miller

Think I've heard that for a tempory emergency fix, on something small that you can use soap, pussed into the leak?

Can anyone else verfy that?
I have used the product called 'Kneed it'. Works ok.

Cheers

Soap and Bulldust, mix with water into a paste. Trowel it on.
Les Hiddins recommends Spinifex Resin. Melt it in a tin over a fire and trowel it on.

Geoff.

Drove a petrol tanker for 25 years in a previous life.[now retired] . Part of my kit was a bar of velvet soap. Rub the bar into the break whilst the fuel is p.....g out. Bingo fuel leak stops . Couple of applications daily until a more effective repair can be made. Kept a tanker going for 10 days once , until my holidays came up,then I told the boss about it. No overtime when the tanker is in for repairs.
Stan

I heard a neat trick the other day, you get some two part epoxy and mouldit into a round spear type shape, let it set and hammer it in, followed by some good gaffer tape for re-enforcement and it's supposed to be good.

Always found Minties work the best, the white sweet. Give them a little bit of a chew first to soften them up, then push them in. OK if they have been sat on the dash in the sun for a couple of hours. Dry as hard as a tack and seem to stick well to a fuel tank, even with petrol present. Found they work better than the 2 pack putties, which don't seem to stick to fuel tanks that well with petrol present.
Yes, there is a personal story of split fuel tanks behind this knowledge. :-(

Oh, and have a bit of steel wool or scourer handy, good to clean the tank first for a good bond.

A welding rod??

Too easy...if your tank requires welding, then extend a flexible pipe from exhaust pipe into the empty fuel tank. Run engine at a fast idle for a few minutes to displace any oxygen from fuel tank, then leave it idling still in tank whilst welding...have done this several times with both petrol and diesel..Very Safe..

I've done the minties thing on a petrol that did the trick (If the kids leave any in the bloody glove box) also used a self tapper screw & peice of garden hose on the same job to get us home.

Cheers

Have used both soap, and powdered milk mixed to a thick paste.