A friend hit something, puncturing his gas tank! A local shop made the repair on the lift, without pulling the tank!
Made a tin patch and soldered it on with a heavy soldering iron; probably illegal today and chewing gum might work in plastic tanks.
Is it smart to use a soldering iron near a gas tank?
Maybe diesel but gas is a little different.
Funny. My first car was an old VW bug. There was a rust hole that prevented me from putting in more than a half tank. I was afraid to solder it - fear of explosion.
I have a memory military grunts using tootsie rolls to patch fuel lines.
Self-sealing fuel tank technology has been around since WWII. I’ve often wondered why it hasn’t been applied to more civilian vehicles. It certainly can’t add too much to the expense above what far more useless, mandatory, “safety,” features cost. Some racing circuits do require them and the POTUS limo also has them.
I wonder if the friction of a metal bit drilling a hole in a tank might not send a spark into the fuel.
Is the fuel shortage due to the lack of lorry drivers?
A marxist/Leftist’s wet dream: Keep the turmoil among the citizenry at a fever pitch through persistent fear, distrust, anger and depression as it causes the “ignorant masses” to shift their attention away from the growing bureaucratic tyranny until it’s too late ...
I’ve always laughed at end of the world/survivalist stories where they’re siphoning gas out of gas tanks. This is the way to do it.
I once patched my old rusty oldsmobile tank with an epoxy patch designed for just that purpose.
Thieves drill holes in parked cars wait for flash.
In Great Britain don’t they call it a petrol cell?
The problem will go away as a full tank can’t take more gas.
I have one two-gallon gas can and one one-gallon gas can for my lawnmowers, and I don’t think the average Brit has more.
Somebody drilled a hole in the tank of my old pickup and stole the gas years ago. I wire brushed the area around the hole and sealed it with JB Weld. It was still not leaking ten years later when I sold it. They now make a product that they call “JB TankWeld”.
A lot of tanks are made with 1/4” thick plastic these days. I know from experience that most adhesives do not stick to them very well or very long. There is probably some type of solution being used.
Thief one to Thief two, while your down there, grab the Catalytic Converter.
For quick repairs they mama putty that you mix up by rolling it around with your fingers that will do a good wet plug on fuel tanks. I stopped about a 1/2” hole one time and the guy drove it 450 miles home.
The tank on my antique truck looked like it had mud splattered on it the bottom from all the sealer. After 20 something years I broke down and bought a new one.
Coming soon to a driveway near you.