http://www.cartechautoparts.com/diesel-fuel-tank-repair/ Tech info and suppliers database for auto parts and car accessories. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:10:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cartechautoparts.com/diesel-fuel-tank-repair/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 David Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:11:13 +0000 http://www.cartechautoparts.com/?p=61#comment-1543 I have a 40 gallon steel diesel tank that has a small crack about a 1/4 of an inch long. The truck was recently picked up with a hydraulic lift that I suspect put pressure on the tank and cracked the weld. The crack is located on the bottom edge of the tank pretty easy to get to. Will the tank be required to be emptied or filled to repair the crack by welding. I already tried fuel tank putty. Held for a while but it is leaking again. Any ideas would be great but I think it will need to be welded. I have a 40 gallon steel diesel tank that has a small crack about a 1/4 of an inch long. The truck was recently picked up with a hydraulic lift that I suspect put pressure on the tank and cracked the weld. The crack is located on the bottom edge of the tank pretty easy to get to. Will the tank be required to be emptied or filled to repair the crack by welding. I already tried fuel tank putty. Held for a while but it is leaking again. Any ideas would be great but I think it will need to be welded.

]]> http://www.cartechautoparts.com/diesel-fuel-tank-repair/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Harold Brian Hindley Tue, 12 May 2009 20:53:04 +0000 http://www.cartechautoparts.com/?p=61#comment-220 Hi. I have an old sailboat that converted from a gasoline engine to a diesel engine. Thus the tank is made out of galvanized steel. It has developed a leak at a seal and I would like to repair it. I would like to simply fiberglass the area, which seems to take the fiberglass. Some of my friends say that the diesel will dissolve the reisin. Is that true? Or can I repair the tank this way? Hi. I have an old sailboat that converted from a gasoline engine to a diesel engine. Thus the tank is made out of galvanized steel. It has developed a leak at a seal and I would like to repair it. I would like to simply fiberglass the area, which seems to take the fiberglass. Some of my friends say that the diesel will dissolve the reisin. Is that true? Or can I repair the tank this way?

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