melcardona
Well-Known Member
so what are your thoughts ...............if you can find a poly tank and be willing to cough up the greed charge..then this thread is kinda a mood point discussion...but for those of us that will stick with the steel tanks.... they are cheep....would you spend the money to pre coat the inside before installing the new steel tank??....when i first insp the under carrage of the 64..one of the first things that caught my eyes was ...nice new tank!.....last wk i took of the sending unit..not working.....was ready to r n r it....took a look see in the tank....oh crap..heavy wall flaky rust.....wow that was fast...8 yrs junk tank....made in canada /..no better then the china junk...there was only 3 gal in it..it was still very volatile fuel..big poof larg flame when lit....the smell told the true story....weather you can buy non ethanol or just remove it..fact is there will still be some in it...and its a killer on steel tanks..unless its a daily driver and full most the time imso.............ive used pour 15 tank sealer half doz times...when i built tanks for those rides that none could be found...and 1 lightly rusted oe tank from the 70s..........seam to work fine....now that im 10 mi from the gulf of america...and will get 1 to 3 days of sea air a month....if it where you...would you coat this tank??? keeping it full no issue...car might run once a wk??? might.....will i try to only put non enthanol in it..but will loose that battle.........your thoughts???
