Bigheppy
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:14 PM |
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Petrol tank repair
Some b@?&^%d has drilled a hole in the plastic petrol tank on my daughters car to steal her petrol. A friend has told me his son who runs a garage
repairs such damage by drilling the hole to about 16mm then threading it and installing a plug. The question is how thick is a citroen saxo petrol
tank and does anyone think this will work. 
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:18 PM |
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Happened to the neighbours son last week as well. A 10mm hole in the vans fuel tank. Hmm, common trend strating here. His is a Vauxhall Vivaro diesel.
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austin man
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:18 PM |
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you can buy a two part filler from most motor factors, which will seal the hole. remember the bigger you make the hole the harder it will be to seal
if it all goes wrong.
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BenB
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:18 PM |
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F me that's a cheap trick......
What's a tank of petrol worth nowadays? 30 quid? You would have thought they'd make more money scrapping the dog shite off the pavement
and selling it as manure....
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dinosaurjuice
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:20 PM |
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a threaded plug so some b@5']['4rd can come along again and this time unscrew something?
personally i would just buy a second hand tank.
linky dinky
Will
[Edited on 3/12/08 by dinosaurjuice]
[Edited on 3/12/08 by dinosaurjuice]
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blakep82
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:23 PM |
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lol my old e30 bmw had a petrol tank drain plug just under the sill behind the drives door. i thought it just woked loose and leaked, i now realise
what actually happened
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dhutch
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:24 PM |
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When i scraped my car after breaking it and was after the £50's worth of petrol out if it atlease i drill into the rubber elbow between the tank
and the filler pipe.
As far as i know that tanks are usally polythene so your not going to get much in the way of filler to stick i wouldnt have said? 3mm thick? Tapored
plug? Sounds like you could do a lot worse.
- £30 for a new tank is good, but its a few hours job changing it.
Daniel
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madteg
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:31 PM |
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Buy a second hand one or a new one as you ill not be able to trust it.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:39 PM |
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I bonded a plastic patch onto the bottom of my P100 profusely leaking tank.....
.......6 years ago!!!!!!! Works like a dream
its a rubber sealant called P5600 I think
its the stickiest stuff i have ever seen, even in hydrocarbons
[Edited on 3/12/08 by liam.mccaffrey]
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clairetoo
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:42 PM |
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I just changed the tank on my Corsa cuz it rusted through - an epic job I wouldnt wish on anybody
But I'd still say change the tank - as allready said , nothing will stick to it , so no chance of gluing the hole , and it wont be thick enough
to get a thread in .
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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blakep82
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:50 PM |
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what size is the hole drilled in?
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 10:56 PM |
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i beg to differ with claire the stuff i suggest will stick to petrol soaked plastic.
I stuck 2 pieces of acrylic together whilst submerged in diesel!!
Its so good I have recommended its use for work (I work on repairing hydrocarbon storage tanks-huge ones) The best thing we currently use is a 2 part
product which doesn't work well and sets up hard whilst the p5600 remains flexy
[Edited on 3/12/08 by liam.mccaffrey]
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Bigheppy
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 11:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
what size is the hole drilled in?
Dont know yet she lives 75 miles away and I cant get to look until sunday.
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blakep82
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| posted on 3/12/08 at 11:22 PM |
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just wondered if a self tapping screw might do the job. the hole would have to be tiny right enough... and whoever drilled it would have been waiting
all night for it to drain...
that was my thinking, but was probably too far wrong
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clairetoo
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| posted on 4/12/08 at 06:42 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
i beg to differ with claire the stuff i suggest will stick to petrol soaked plastic.
I stuck 2 pieces of acrylic together whilst submerged in diesel!!
Its so good I have recommended its use for work (I work on repairing hydrocarbon storage tanks-huge ones) The best thing we currently use is a 2 part
product which doesn't work well and sets up hard whilst the p5600 remains flexy
[Edited on 3/12/08 by liam.mccaffrey]
You posted while I was typing - where can I get some of this stuff , and what does it cost ?
It would be ideal for work - the numpties in the workshop regularly drill through diesel tanks on vans 
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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britishtrident
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| posted on 4/12/08 at 08:42 AM |
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Drill it and tap it and put a set screw with a fibre or soft copper washer in the hole --- a very tiny dab of Locitite Lock & Seal will also
help.
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AndyGT
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| posted on 4/12/08 at 09:51 AM |
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if some c..t has drilled the tank once he will, and can, come back for more so why change the tank? Just fix it by tapping it and using a set screw
set in loctite as already suggested. Maybe use a torx-headed bolt/screw to make it a tad more difficult. Surely this will cost a lot less than 30
quid plus labour.
And if you accidently use the wrong fluid it won't be a ball-ache to drain it!!!!
nothing is impossible
everything is possible
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02GF74
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| posted on 4/12/08 at 10:39 AM |
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^^^ agree with the above; it will be realtively expensive buying a new tank but I reckon it will take quite a few hours fitting it ... and then the
person will come back and do the same again.
bizarre really - this was happening when petrol hit £ 1.20 a litre but isn't now down to 85 p now?
Repair it then fill the tank with acid a hope the b&&&&&rds come back.
It would probably be not that hard to fit a an alarm that senses change in petrol level when engine is not running and wire up an ignition coil to
sentd a few sparks round the tank. Ok, so you lose the car, not big deal as it is a poxy nova, but the think of the SATISFACTION of getting the
b***Strds!!! 
or fillup tank with petrol/sugar mix that will f**k their engine!
[Edited on 4/12/08 by 02GF74]
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