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small hole in magna (plastic petrol tank)

how to repair?

has anyone done it and what products can you recommend?

i know it can be done, and there is stuff over the counter i can buy...
(I'm going to get a new one, but this repair has to last till i can afford it)

all help greatly appreciated!

thanks

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driving home due to roadworks and ring road at a stand still, i detour... driving down green gully rd (approx 11pm so its dark and there is no street lighting) i hit something small that was on the road, well i hit nothing not with the body or the wheels, something just flicked up and stabbed a hole in my pertol tank!

now i didn't know immediately, but it sounded like someone threw a spanner at my car lol...

anyway 500m later i smell fumes, but think its the old bomb going up the hill...

then its a hard right onto the freeway entrance, and the awd full on drifts....."TOKYO DRIFT STYLE"

luckily I'm a champion rally driver and power on without breaking a sweat... still smelling fumes, i instantly know what has happened! DAMN IT

pull off on the 1st exit duck into st near servo, jump out and see the fuel leaking out....AHHHH like i can afford this now!

quick decision.... leave the car in an industrial area in the middle of nowhere, or zip along to the Mitsu dealer just down the road? neither straight home it went....

no it sits on the street with a dry tank which was filled up to the top yesterday and driven less than 50km (there goes $100)


so who's butt can i kick? make the local council cough up some $$$ insurance claim, will they even cover it? Mitsubishi for having an exposed tank with not even a tin guard (other cars I've had have had a protective tin sheet)

damn! whats it going to cost to get a new AWD fuel tank?

I'll keep you posted

you should be able to shove a rubber plug into the hole maybe? how big is 'small' ?

Uh, I think Liquid Steel, or whatever it's called might patch it until you can replace it, or a lit match.

Do you know what struck the car? If you don't then there's no recourse, you're just going to have to deal, and hope those :rant:ing guys hurry up and fix the damn ring road.

I can also see why people compain about cars doing more than 200km/h down the Western Ring road. It's cause all the other ****ers are doing 10 below in the right lane!:nuts:

you should be able to shove a rubber plug into the hole maybe? how big is 'small' ?

not too big, 2/3rds of a 5c piece maybe!



Do you know what struck the car? If you don't then there's no recourse

nope but I'll bet its probably inside the bugger lol

it looks like it was shot! (been watching mythbusters)
but seriously i have no idea(possibly piece of steel), green gully road at the bottom of the ditch, i saw nothing on the road, and trust me I'm an expert at avoiding all road debris and potholes manholes bumps etc...

not too big, 2/3rds of a 5c piece maybe!

Epoxy Steel, like JBWeld or something will patch that, quite possibly for a long while.

Epoxy Steel, like JBWeld or something will patch that, quite possibly for a long while.


thanks i've been looking on the net, and stuff like that has come up....


im going to call a guy tomorrow/today 1st from the yellow pages, i'll see what he says then i'll head off the the regular auto stores and im sure they will all be out of stock of this tomorrow :doubt: i can only try if it works, it works! my luck it wont though, but its worth a shot, im scared to think what a brandnew tank will cost from mitsu (cos its not lie im going to be able to get one from anywhere else now...) upwards of 2 1st gens maybe ($600):shock:

thanks i've been looking on the net, and stuff like that has come up....


im going to call a guy tomorrow/today 1st from the yellow pages, i'll see what he says then i'll head off the the regular auto stores and im sure they will all be out of stock of this tomorrow :doubt: i can only try if it works, it works! my luck it wont though, but its worth a shot, im scared to think what a brandnew tank will cost from mitsu (cos its not lie im going to be able to get one from anywhere else now...) upwards of 2 1st gens maybe ($600):shock:

Just use the merc as a tank, god knows they stink like grease and fuel anyway. Damned buckets of crap.

Just attach a tow rope and a hose into your fuel tank neck, use the siphon effect! Silicon up all the doors and any other cracks and rag-up the air con vents, sweet as!

unlucky.... im guessing ur lookin at about 400-600 for a new fuel tank :S....

lol your car is too low!! Try blu-tak

PS: this story sounded like something out of "fat pizza"

then its a hard right onto the freeway entrance, and the awd full on drifts....."TOKYO DRIFT STYLE"

luckily I'm a champion rally driver and power on without breaking a sweat... still smelling fumes, i instantly know what has happened! DAMN IT

so who's butt can i kick?

Damn, bad luck man. Wreckers should be able to provide one for not too much...

About $650 for a new tank, $200 or so to get it repaired :(

Sounds like you are having as much luck with your car as I am mine :(

Damn, bad luck man. Wreckers should be able to provide one for not too much...
i wish, no werckers anywhere here have an awd, and if they did, i'll bet the parts would be dearer than new!

i have a plan, i should buy a cheap awd and part it out, buy for 10k box and diffs etc.. are worth that 2nd hand... lol

About $650 for a new tank, $200 or so to get it repaired :(

Sounds like you are having as much luck with your car as I am mine :(

haha damn cars!!!

plastic repairer on his way tomorrow approx $60-100 he has quoted me to plastic weld it...

fingers crossed

might be time to sell it and buy a barina or something :doubt: at least new car wty looks after everything!

might be time to sell it and buy a barina or something :doubt: at least new car wty looks after everything!
not with nearly no springs and 20s they dont :P

IMLACHS have a TJ AWD with front hit

might be time to sell it and buy a barina or something :doubt: at least new car wty looks after everything!
New car warranty wont cover something on the road putting a whole in your tank..:)

New car warranty wont cover something on the road putting a whole in your tank..:)


new car warranty covered burnouts and diff explosion!!!! car also had 15% larger wheel/tyre combo and rubber still under the guards!!

hahahahaha stoopid holden ppl, they'll believe anything

was in supercheap today and i saw a plastic repair kit for fuel tanks:D
Only $15 bucks if you do it your self. was in the gasket/ sealant section next to the radiator repair kit.

was in supercheap today and i saw a plastic repair kit for fuel tanks:D
Only $15 bucks if you do it your self. was in the gasket/ sealant section next to the radiator repair kit.

Was gonna say that but andrewD said he'd been doing research so would of thought he would of come across it already
btw made by permatex

This may sound silly to you, but it works....outback trick....

Temporary fix ( will last until you get it repaired, soon)

Take some soap, and scrap off flakes with a knife, add some fine dust, ash, etc what ever you can find, add water and mash it in your hands like putty. (then put in on your face...nah just kidding) it will turn into a soft putty like substance, push it over the whole. The petrol will not dissolve the soap. Its the only mixture that will stop the leaking. Make sure the area is clean so that the soap can attach, use duct tape or similar.

nah getting it done professionally

that way one day when im half way to adelaide at 2am and i hit a bump it dosent fall out and then im......


not really that much more to fix it proprley

i have a before pic i'll chuck up an after pic and the guys details when it's done tomorrow

outback trick....Triggered a memory of the Bushtucker Man doing something on one show, I think it was something from a termite's nest, heated it up, whacked it on a hole on a Jerry can, went rock hard, permanently fixing the hole. I think it was some sort of naturally occuring resin.

Triggered a memory of the Bushtucker Man doing something on one show, I think it was something from a termite's nest, heated it up, whacked it on a hole on a Jerry can, went rock hard, permanently fixing the hole. I think it was some sort of naturally occuring resin.

I have vague memory of a a boiled spinifex product.

Triggered a memory of the Bushtucker Man doing something on one show, I think it was something from a termite's nest, heated it up, whacked it on a hole on a Jerry can, went rock hard, permanently fixing the hole. I think it was some sort of naturally occuring resin.
Bush Mechanics ftw

Happy days it's all fixed and im back on my way again!!

(need plastic repair work in melbourne? pm me and i'll give you this guys details... hes a champ!)

cost $50 to repair it, where its repaired is now 3 time thicker than the actual tank so thats not going to break again :D

heres the hole in the bugger!!!! :rant:
http://a849.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/82/l_1cc04c027f9eda0e440020a3270e7c58.jpg

heres the, ohh nope no hole here :P
http://a666.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/36/l_2b5233ded091a332161ed9dbe3341031.jpg

Whatdyahit? By the looks of it, a star picket or something!

Triggered a memory of the Bushtucker Man doing something on one show, I think it was something from a termite's nest, heated it up, whacked it on a hole on a Jerry can, went rock hard, permanently fixing the hole. I think it was some sort of naturally occuring resin.

Yea,that sound about right.

I have vague memory of a a boiled spinifex product.

Correct. Bush Tucker Man used boiled spinifex resin...my idea with the soap trick was from Jack Absalon's show, back in the 80's.

...By the look of the damage, it looks like you may have run over a long pipe/picket, the front wheel, as it ran over it, probably angled it upwards, and the car got spiked as you kept going.
...must of been a bit of fast off road driving :)

...must of been a bit of fast off road driving :)

i wish then i would be to blame for being stupid!

(ahhh I'm stupid anyway, so it's most likely my fault... it probably was a fluffy duckling i tried to mow down.. and it's beak popped the tank)

thing is i was driving down a main road, not well lit, but i saw nothing on the road....

whatever it was was metal as i heard the ting ting ting as it bounces down the road after the destruction had been done

This may sound silly to you, but it works....outback trick....

Temporary fix ( will last until you get it repaired, soon)

Take some soap, and scrap off flakes with a knife, add some fine dust, ash, etc what ever you can find, add water and mash it in your hands like putty. (then put in on your face...nah just kidding) it will turn into a soft putty like substance, push it over the whole. The petrol will not dissolve the soap. Its the only mixture that will stop the leaking. Make sure the area is clean so that the soap can attach, use duct tape or similar.

I remember a show that did this to a Pajero in the 80's when a buch of crazy guys followed the tropic of capricorn across Aus...
Old bushmans trick for holey fuel tanks... from what I remember...
It lasted for ages... was a big hole too....

Good Work!!

Steve