I have an '85 4TL with a fuel tank that is showing a porous area around the sump and drain plug. I have used an external repair putty which worked for a year but that is now failing. I have seen on the net that there is a product that you can pour in that seals the tank from the inside. Its a kit that includes a bottle of tank cleaner, a bottle of metal prep, and then the actual sealer which is poured in, tank rolled to coat the interior all over and then the excess poured out. Looks a well resolved product at about £60.
So the tank needs removing and that little sender thing that sits in the tank obviously has to be frigged out of the tank to allow its removal. I did try this once before when I was stripping a rusty wreck, and the sender in the tank was bigger than the hole it went through and after a few attempts my patience ran out, I wedged the floor panel up with a crow bar and I cut everything off and the tank came away. This time I don't want to cut anything off. I want it all to go back together again afterwards.
Has anyone done this, and is there a secret to getting the sender out, and then the tank out and and what is the sequence. Any advice out there please. I assume the tank is part removed, and then the sender hooked out by a technique (as yet not known to me), and that releases the tank, and then one has to go through the same thing in reverse to re fit the tank.
I will probably be on my own, on a drive, in darkest France. Is this a step too far for my modest capabilities and should I reach for the local garage to do it for me? Any help or advice grateful received.
PS The car is in very good condition underneath, little or no rust. Edwin
So the tank needs removing and that little sender thing that sits in the tank obviously has to be frigged out of the tank to allow its removal. I did try this once before when I was stripping a rusty wreck, and the sender in the tank was bigger than the hole it went through and after a few attempts my patience ran out, I wedged the floor panel up with a crow bar and I cut everything off and the tank came away. This time I don't want to cut anything off. I want it all to go back together again afterwards.
Has anyone done this, and is there a secret to getting the sender out, and then the tank out and and what is the sequence. Any advice out there please. I assume the tank is part removed, and then the sender hooked out by a technique (as yet not known to me), and that releases the tank, and then one has to go through the same thing in reverse to re fit the tank.
I will probably be on my own, on a drive, in darkest France. Is this a step too far for my modest capabilities and should I reach for the local garage to do it for me? Any help or advice grateful received.
PS The car is in very good condition underneath, little or no rust. Edwin
