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Removing resin sealant from fuel tank

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:21 pm
Author: PAULJAC47
Guyz, the owner previous to me on my project put a resin sealant in the fuel tank,dont know what this stuff is but looks like araldite,its breaking off after i gave it the nut and bolt shake treatment,but some lumps look stuck inside,only thing i can think of is to wrap in a blanket and stuff in a cement mixer with the tank full of gravel,dont want to have chemically dipped as he had a decent job on the paint,any ideas????

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:28 pm
Author: kev edwards
Had the same thing on my old thou, bought another tank in the end and sold the other to a guy in Italy.

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:29 pm
Author: paulmceleney
look on youtube

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:03 pm
Author: z1bman
see third item from the bottom of the page

http://www.tankcareproducts.co.uk/

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:12 pm
Author: PAULJAC47
That company seems to know the score,may well be an option!,looking on you tube gave me an idea though i have access to an industrial water pressure cleaner,used for shifting blockages in drains etc if i can get that inside the tank could well do the trick !

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:21 pm
Author: garyd
It could well blow a hole in the tank!

Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:49 pm
Author: big green bus
I had the same problem and a big and I mean big lump of sealer was moving about in the tank. It looks like a load of the sealer collected in the bottom of the tank. I thought about cutting the bottom of the tank out, but got a chemical at a auto jumble. I guy said it may take a day or so to melt it. It took a week but worked fine. If you can wait I will get the name of the stuff or get you a tin, but it will be a few weeks until it is back on.

Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2013 8:40 pm
Author: ollie
if its old sealer and gone rock hard or breaking off , acetone will remove it :wink:

Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2013 10:18 pm
Author: chuckaspear
yeah i've just used the petseal remover(from tank care products)on my LTD tank, It had hard resin type sealant in the tank(from a previous owner) worked a treat but it also found more holes than I thought the tank already had :|