Posted by Anthony_TN on June 13, 2012 at 14:27:00 from (76.164.181.176):
I bought a new gas cap for my TO30 a while back from this site. I would lose a little gas if I filled the tank close to full with the old cap, which is where the stains came from in the pic. I put the new cap on the other day and did a little mowing. Right away I noticed the cap wasn't venting right, I could hear hissing coming from the cap. I stopped the motor and there was alot of pressure in the tank when I removed the cap. I decided I would bring the old cap with me next time and put back on.
My tractor is several miles from my home, and I hadn't been out there for over a week until last night. I opened the hood and the tank was collapsed. At first I thought it had been vandalized, but I'm pretty sure that's not the case. Has anybody ever seen this happen to a steel fuel tank? I've heard of plastic tanks collapsing if the vent was stopped up, much like my plastic gas jug does, but I wouldn't have thought it would happen to a metal tank. The tank is now leaking from where the sediment bowl assembly attaches. I'll clean it up tonight and hope that it's repairable. I think a new tank would cost $200 or more, I'd hate for a $8 gas cap to cost me that much. I see that parts on this site have a 1 year warranty, I wonder if it will cover this...I won't hold my breathe.
BTW, that's just paint that is cracked and chipping off in the picture.
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