Please cite the rule the MOT tester will cause a fail.
Please don't repeat claims you've already been asked to justify.
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3 years ago
hole in petrol tank...
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3 years ago
last couple of days wee puddle on the slabs after I filled up.....was a wee pin hole but got bigger as I prodded it...wanted to make sure I got it back to sound metal.....corrosion from outside ...car was subject of a recall years ago for rusty tanks....so they undersealed it which was years later peeling off and causing water traps...scapped it all off now......
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3 years ago
ha ha will have another tank fitted by then...just had the right hand rear trailing arm fitted...love the car or I would have scapped it years ago....
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3 years ago
But the corrosion now is probably terminal; photo 1 looks really messy. If you get rear-ended there will be a heap of rust flakes on the road and a lot of petrol swilling about.
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3 years ago
As did concrete inside rusty cills and chassis sections, overpainted with underseal. Those days have gone, thank god.
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3 years ago
A while ago I had a hole in a tank was caused by an internal baffle becoming loose, and which after flapping around broke a spot weld causing a weep through a pin-hole.
In this case I put a new tank on, but on inspecting the old one found it very solid and only then discovered the loose baffle.
Not all holes are caused directly from rusting.
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3 years ago
That's because it is in worse condition than the hull of the SS Great Britain (*) in Bristol docks :-)
(*) Now surrounded by glass 'decking' that resembles water from the dockside, while underneath the glass it is warm and permanently air-conditioned, which must cost a fortune to run.
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3 years ago
Rust, of course. Fix that one and another will be along shortly. Get it sorted by a specialist.
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3 years ago
Sure will...I am fitting a replacement tank this week ....
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3 years ago
The hull is so rotten I'm amazed it survived the journey back from the Falklands. The cold salt water in the south Atlantic seems to have been less damaging than mild, humid air in Bristol.
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3 years ago
I ran a Land Rover with a petrol tank repaired with Tank Slop / POR15 for ten years or more. It never leaked again and was no bother at MOT time.
Mike
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3 years ago
That is the new tank fitted and thank goodness the sender and the pump are working well.....at 67 I'm too old for this carry on but I'll be fecked if I'm paying a garage ... I'll fit the new tailpipe next week...too knackered......
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3 years ago
Cold? Have you gone nesh?
I wore an overcoat once, and that was a mistake, in 10+yrs down under.
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3 years ago
Famous last words. Changing part of an exhaust that has been on a few years, especially if you are using a 3rd party 'pattern' replacement item can be frustrating when it doesn't exactly match the original. That's assuming you can get it off without knackering the centre pipe.
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3 years ago
should be no problem pipe looks identical came from Poland thirty quid delivered ... what is on is a one piece so just an angle grinder cut in the right place push it on with some gun gum then clamp it...doddle....
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3 years ago
Ah, if only all (part) exhaust replacements were so easy ....
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3 years ago
The correct way is to remove the tank, fully empty it, purge it with steam and then weld a suitable patch of steel at the site of the hole. Not a cheap process.
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3 years ago
I'd silver solder - being advertised on FB etc as easy home "welding". All you need is a plumbers propane torch. Flows better and much less chance of a porous weld or pinholes.
Steam is supposed to heat remaining fuel in seams and drive it out. Takes time and time is money. Steam condenses leaving the tank damp and draws air in.
Better and quicker to fill with CO2, fuel vapour can't ignite in CO2. It's denser than air so will fill the tank. Should be available in any any good welding shop, home brewing supplies, fire extinguisher.
None of this works when the filler cap comes off with the rusty filer neck attached on your Niece's Micra. Lucky the filler pipe was separate to the tank and joins to the tank by rubber tube. Scrappy £10, only one good one out of 5 cars, so I think this one had been replaced in last 5 years. E-bay £50 s/h. Nissan new well over £100.
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3 years ago
I looked at the climate charts for something near to southern Italy and settled on Perth. No point in going all that way to have the same weather as Snowdonia.
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3 years ago
Though at 44degC one Feb day it was too hot to be convenient to do work on the car when it chose to splutter to a halt. Fortunately there was an ice-cream van nearby to keep me chilled.