Thread: Fuel leak in perentie 110

$4400?

Thats a huge profit, the Perentie main tank looks like a 90/110 tank but as a different bend in it, thus for some reason its very expensive, but nothing like you have been quoted. Drop me a PM we have both L/R hand tanks avaiable.

There are lots of places for the tank to leak. Rust between the stone guard and tank is only one place. Others include the steel filler tube can crack, where the top and bottom halves spot weld together, the external bend for the steel pick up or return line can crack.

I had a bad leak which was a cracked pick up tube from memory. However I also had leaks in the other mentioned places.

I got Barnsey in Birdsville to do a temporary welding fix, cost $150 from memory. I removed & refitted the tank myself.

After getting home I eventually took it out, put it in the bath & pressurised the tank with compressed air to identify the leaks, washed the inside, welded it some more, filled other areas with liquid metal, and coated the inside with a product called Redcote.

It's been good for about 3 years now. I think I did a tutorial on here about it.

thanks for that. No good on the mechanical side so will need to find someone local ( Melb). Loving the car....not the leak !

I got same issue with my pretense been out onto a product by por15 been told its the ducks nuts by many people is not cheap $160 though that is to do both of my tanks in rfsv as far as fuel tank repair stuff goes it's expensive but cheaper than New tanks

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There are any number of tank sealer products, not all as expensive as POR. (Although some aviation spec products can be more expensive.)

Another brand is the Aussie made KBS coatings Auto Fuel Tank Sealer Kit

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Since it a diesel tank it is fairly safe to repair if you can find someone willing. As long as it is not swiss cheese you can do the repairs using copper sheet and soldering or brazing.

tank out is about an hours work 3 if it fights

cleaning is a bit of a pain. POR 15 is a good way to go but you can also sweat seal the tank if the holes are small. when you put the skin back on the bottom of the tank clean all the paint off of the mating faces and coat them both heavily with plastic tool dip while its wet clamp them together and then fill in the side gaps. The most common cause of leaks on the tank is crap getting caught between the skin and the base and either abrading through or rusting through.

An abrasion can be repaired from the outside between the skins, rust through should be delt with from the inside.

$4400

What a pack of Bar-stewards!

That's a disgrace