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My dad used the Granville Petro Patch on a leaky Carlton tank years ago - certainly stopped the leak, although we didn't keep the car long after that.
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Last Edit: Jun 26, 2012 10:00:07 GMT by jrevillug
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Jun 26, 2012 10:01:49 GMT
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I used petro patch once, it did stop the leak but for how long I don't know as the car was scrapped in a couple of months
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"In engineering there is an answer to everything, It's just that we're usually too ignorant or too dim to see it." Keith Duckworth If you'd binned it into something that either didn't move, or survived intact (like I did, well, technically I landed on top of it, skillzorz... |
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Jun 26, 2012 11:37:16 GMT
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To repair the leaking tank on my triumph I used chemical metal and then skinned the whole tank with fibreglass. Another tank proved nigh on impossible to find at any price. 2 years later and its still 100% leak free
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Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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bortaf
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Jun 26, 2012 11:41:48 GMT
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When i welded my P100 tank i sealed the pinholes with chemical metal tank repair, been on there 3 years, no re leaking but it's a diesel not sure if it's any worse with petrol ?
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Jun 26, 2012 12:03:43 GMT
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ah sounds like it'll work ok in the short term at least which is good as i'm massively overdrawn (as usual!)
i like the idea of coating the fuel tank in fibreglass too, sounds like a possible plan for the future
i currently have the rusty hole on the seal plastered with dum dum paste and that has stopped it dripping out onto the drive but i'm not sure i trust it for actual driving around
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Jun 26, 2012 12:36:49 GMT
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sparkyt
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Jun 26, 2012 12:55:21 GMT
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Can I ask why did you fiber glass the fuel tank ? ..
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Jun 26, 2012 13:10:53 GMT
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I used Petropatch many years ago and worked for a while but eventually became loose and started leaking again. This was on an empty tank that had been cleaned back to bare metal as well.
Personally I'd say remove tank and repair with solder - radiator specialists normally repair fuel tanks as well as rads if you cna't do it yourself.
Paul H
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Jun 26, 2012 13:59:51 GMT
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I used Petropatch many years ago and worked for a while but eventually became loose and started leaking again. This was on an empty tank that had been cleaned back to bare metal as well. Personally I'd say remove tank and repair with solder - radiator specialists normally repair fuel tanks as well as rads if you cna't do it yourself. Paul H i certainly don't fancy it myself there's a radiator place near(ish) in crystal palace that i got my mk1 rad from - i might give them a call for a long term fix for now though i'm going to give one of these bodge jobs a go |
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