Thread: Snotted the petrol tank yesterday

OK. Out 'n' about yesterday in George, on a pretty badly cut out track in the Coromandel Ranges (this side of the ditch) I successfully snotted a rock with the petrol tank and it was full of petrol at the time

Luckily it didn't rupture all over the ground.

While trying to carefully negotiate a rock I have had problems with in the past I landed right on top of the tank A short time later I smell petrol fumes in the cab and after ruling all other options out and a careful look at the tank there are weeps around the edge of the tank.

I am not certain whether the damage is bad, you can't tell from the outside where any damage is, but I am certain it is leaking from somewhere like a burst seam. I will replace the tank with a second hand one from a wrecker so no real worries there. But when it comes to fixing this one, what's the best way to find where it's leaking from?

Cheers
Alan

Thanks Steve. By the way, don't these tanks have a double skin on them?

Alan