Many motorists faced the gasoline leakages from gasoline tank occurring owing to metal corrosion from large or microscopic cracks more than once. If you have no opportunity to carry out replacement of gasoline tank, then it is necessary only to solder it – at car repair shop or independently.
Instruction
1. Deciding how to solder tank owing to emergence on it of microcracks and outflow of gasoline, you can address experts at once, go to service station where similar works were already performed. If for any reasons go to HUNDRED you cannot, you will be able independently to repair gasoline tank, having prepared previously the materials necessary for soldering. On the way it is better for ration not to carry out. Have patience and carry out repair works already in garage or in the yard, adhering to the following recommendations.
2. First, before soldering tank, at first surely merge the gasoline which is in it. Though many motorists advise to merge fuel only lower than the level of hole, such method is quite risky as in the course of soldering gasoline can quickly ignite. Therefore the gasoline tank of your car has to be empty. Secondly, dismantle it, previously having disconnected all rings located on it and couplings. After that carefully wash up tank, using normal water with cleaning agent, and give it time to dry out, at the same time it will be possible to solder hole only when inside and outer surface of gasoline tank dry out completely.
3. Remember that in not washed up gasoline tank there are fuel vapors which availability when soldering leads to explosive situation. Therefore after washing of gasoline tank and the subsequent draining of liquid from it surely fill it with water for some time, then properly stir up, pouring out the used liquid.
4. Prepare tin and the suitable soldering iron by means of which you will perform plumbing. The simple technology of soldering of tank provides implementation of all actions only at open gasoline tank therefore surely uncover with it.
5. Warm the soldering iron up to the necessary temperature, and then warm both gasoline tank, and the tin used for soldering that materials have managed to grab with each other, and the hole has been closed strongly up. If hole in tank of the considerable sizes, you can use not tin, but polyester resins - in this situation the blowpipe will not be required to you any more. Prepare special structures and fiber glass fabric, process edges of hole, and then layers alternate putting pitch and fiber glass fabric. Remember that than more at you it will turn out such layers, especially repair of gasoline tank will be qualitative.