FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum

I have just obatined a replacement tank for my EK (thanks Blacky), the query I have is what is the best thing to rinse it out with before I instal it - it is an old one with an unknown past.  

When you shake it around it sounds like there are one or two particles in it, is there any type of sealer or anything that you should put in an old tank to stop any  scale or crap from dislodging?

Cheers,
Burnsy

Hi Burnsey,
To check the condition of the inside of the fuel tank remove the sender unit and have a look inside with a torch.
I have flushed tanks out with some degreaser and a pressure washer and then rinsed out with petrol.
Hope this helps ;)
Regards ACE  8)

PPC sell some goo that will seal the lining of your tank:

http://www.ppc.au.com/category33_1.htm

trouble is the fuel pickup (at least in my ute tank) is not removable so you would have to find some clever way of keeping it open while you sloshed the stuff around and it dried.

Jonno

Thanks guys, I have checked the tank over a little more thoroughly and found it is unlikely to have any rust in it, just a bit of dust and dirt.  

Removing the sender unit sounds like a good idea but the only rust on the whole tank is on top of the sender unit mounting screws and they are past usable, any clever ideas for removing them other than drilling them out?  

I figure I better do it now before I fill it up with fuel and find the sender does not work and has to be removed anyway.

Cheers,
Burnsy

Well I drilled out the sender unit and inside the tank looks OK all be it covered in rust dust.  The sender itself is totally shagged, looks like it has been sitting in a bowl of salt water and is totally siezed up which is surprising considering the rest of the tank is good.  My old sender is not an original and is also stuffed.

Does anyone know if you can by replacements or are there any cars who's senders can easily be adapted?  What exactly am I looking for to make sure my gauge works, I read somewhere that they need to be a certain OHM or something?

Are these the same as wagon senders?

I have a wagon sender I dont need.

From what I gather the things bouncing around in the tank maybe old cork floats that have come off an old sender.

Cheers

Ed

I am guessing all the tanks (sedan/wagon/ute) have the same senders, I am going to check a couple of local wrecks on the weekend to see if I can get hold of one that way, otherwise thanks for the offer, I may still need to take you up on it.  Does anyone know what models have the same senders? FE/C/B EK/J/H all the same?

Hi Burnsy.
Nope, they are different. Wagon, panelvan & ute are different to sedan. I think it is the sedan one which has the longer stem.
Rob J

Yet another strange idea for the fussy ones out there.

I used to do a lot of scuba diving and if you own your own tanks they have to be certified every year, otherwise the dudes won't fill them with gas. Aaaaanyway when you take a steel tank to them they give it for a rumble, which essentially means the fill it with little ball bearings and shake it around and that gets every bit o crap out of there that you can imagine. Then they pressure test em to make sure they hold the air.

Do you reckon that would be clean enough for the old FE-FC?

For about $70-80 bucks these guys could we worth chasing up.

Peter

hay guys sorry to change subjects a little bit but kan sum1 help in gettin a tank out of the ek

we have tried on previous wrecks but they keep on dinting or not budging at all

any ideas

thankz
Torque

more fuel tank problems.
I have a leak that scares me when I use the flamethrowers.
I  have tried to find the leaks but never found them.
the top of the tank is pretty rough and I was also thinking of upsizing my fuel line.
I f you didnt do this yourself were would you take it to get done.
I have never seen a fuel tank repair shop.

Hi FCCOOL,
Most radiator repair shops will repair fuel tanks ;)
Regards ACE  8)