Plastic Fuel Tank

[cunning plan]

Has anyone replaced their metal fuel tank with a modern plastic one to alleviate the issues of the rising percentage of corrosive ethanol in petrol along with condensation etc?

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[sparkywig]

Funnily enough, Justin and I were having this conversation earlier today.
Be interesting to see what the response is.

 

[cunning plan]

:lol:

I was in the bush near you listening...

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[RICH-I-AM]

Didnt know they existed.
Who does em?

RICH

 

[cunning plan]

That was my question really, that if someone has already done it, how did they do it and where did they buy the tank.

I am assuming you can make anything fit though, so I am thinking to find a kit-car manufacturer and get a tank from them that is roughly the same size as the original, then fix it in as much as possible. :| :?:

 

[gvee]

There's a company somewhere in the UK that does fibreglass tanks that are tested up to 15% ethanol. I'll see if I can dig out a link

 

[gvee]

Ok, so they're a bike company... but if they can do it then the technology exists and there's no reason why bay ones can't be produced!

http://www.burtonbikebits.net/fibreglass%20tanks.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[RichardAlexander]

Frost restoration do the por15 tank restoration kit seals the tank they say for all fuel types

 

[cunning plan]

I actually have the P15 tank restoration kit on the shelf but as the bus is no where near ready for the fuel tank yet and before I go through the effort of reconditioning the old one, I thought I would do some research to find if there is a better alternative.

I think a plastic fuel tank really would be fit and forget and you would not have to worry about condensation adding water to the fuel when the vehicle has been standing for a while for it to then causing running problems. :? :satanlook:

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[Bundy]

Red9Design do an ally large capacity tank...no idea how that fares with the ethanol issue though?!
http://www.red9design.com/type2.htm

 

[RICH-I-AM]

These tank resto kits you speak of. Is it the liquid you add to the tank that seals it internaly?
A friend i know ownes a classic bike used this stuff some years ago. Recently it all fell away and partialy disolved.
Im not a fan of it myself.

That is all :mrgreen:

Rich

 

[neilswheels]

I've heard similar stories about the tank sealer falling of, becoming a bag inside the tank etc, tho I did a bug tank and had no issues.
I've read on american forums that ethonol eats ally tanks as well.

With all the Buses out there, a plastic tank sounds like a great new product one of the big vw parts suppliers should invest in.

 

[RichardAlexander]

The repair kit cleans the tank then you prep the tank that leaves a coating for the sealer to bond to the you pour in the sealer spin it around to cover all surfaces drain the excess of all to cure for 72hours it like anew tank inside the tank

 

[sparkywig]

I've heard similar stories about the tank sealer falling of, becoming a bag inside the tank etc, tho I did a bug tank and had no issues.
I've read on american forums that ethonol eats ally tanks as well.

With all the Buses out there, a plastic tank sounds like a great new product one of the big vw parts suppliers should invest in.

I've heard the same about the sealer detaching from the tank walls on other classic car forums.
I don't know whether it's because of incorrect application or not though.

 

[RichardAlexander]

Mines been done 18 months now still good

This is what it looked like Before