GrimmJeeper
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gardena, CA
well i finally decided today to do something about my seeping gas tank. its been dripping slowly for the past month or so, ever since my last time out wheeling. it drips about once every half hour or so, leaves a nice stain in the street.
so i figured maybe a pinhole from a rock or something that got stuck between the factory plastic tank cover and the tank. dropped the tank today to fix it and it started gushing all over the place. when i finally got the tank dropped and pulled the plastic skid off i found a rock about 3/4 inch with one pointy end jammed into the tank! it stabbed a hole about 1/4 inch wide in the tank and i guess the plastic cover held just enough pressure on it to slow the leak.
so anyways i got a stick of "instant gas tank repair" at napa. its like JB weld but its designed to work with gas i guess. you knead it together to activate it and press it into place and it sticks to the metal and plugs the hole. i was skeptical because the gas was pouring out so fast, but it actually stopped it. this stuff works great. i only used about half of the stick and i will be keeping this stuff in my toolbox from now on, just in case.
not really tech just thought i'd share, something that actually does what its supposed to is getting rare these days
-mike
so i figured maybe a pinhole from a rock or something that got stuck between the factory plastic tank cover and the tank. dropped the tank today to fix it and it started gushing all over the place. when i finally got the tank dropped and pulled the plastic skid off i found a rock about 3/4 inch with one pointy end jammed into the tank! it stabbed a hole about 1/4 inch wide in the tank and i guess the plastic cover held just enough pressure on it to slow the leak.
so anyways i got a stick of "instant gas tank repair" at napa. its like JB weld but its designed to work with gas i guess. you knead it together to activate it and press it into place and it sticks to the metal and plugs the hole. i was skeptical because the gas was pouring out so fast, but it actually stopped it. this stuff works great. i only used about half of the stick and i will be keeping this stuff in my toolbox from now on, just in case.
not really tech just thought i'd share, something that actually does what its supposed to is getting rare these days
-mike