On occasion the subject of repairing fuel tanks
comes up, this is a repair that I recently done on
a aluminum transport diesel fuel tank where the
drop pipe from the pump wore a ring in the bottom
of the tank, I repaired this tank by tig welding
it and generally I don't pump exhaust into a tank
that was used for diesel fuel but on this one I
did use a hose from a diesel tractor. I have done
this same repair on gas tanks but take special
precocious measures to do so , most often I will
let them sit for a extended amount of time to let
the gas fumes evaporate and generally rinse them
several times with fresh diesel fuel and depending
on the situation pump either exhaust fumes from a
diesel engine into them or argon (just because its
the gas I have on hand for the mig welder). every
situation is different I have also repaired gas
tanks on pickups by soldering sheet metal patch's
on them with a electric soldering hot iron. fuel
tanks can be repaired if you use you head about
doing it .
comes up, this is a repair that I recently done on
a aluminum transport diesel fuel tank where the
drop pipe from the pump wore a ring in the bottom
of the tank, I repaired this tank by tig welding
it and generally I don't pump exhaust into a tank
that was used for diesel fuel but on this one I
did use a hose from a diesel tractor. I have done
this same repair on gas tanks but take special
precocious measures to do so , most often I will
let them sit for a extended amount of time to let
the gas fumes evaporate and generally rinse them
several times with fresh diesel fuel and depending
on the situation pump either exhaust fumes from a
diesel engine into them or argon (just because its
the gas I have on hand for the mig welder). every
situation is different I have also repaired gas
tanks on pickups by soldering sheet metal patch's
on them with a electric soldering hot iron. fuel
tanks can be repaired if you use you head about
doing it .