The Bastard Leaks

[Dal]

I decided to fit the tank to the 400 and the bloody thing has about 3 or 4 pin holes near the tap.:shooter I found out because I stupidly put about 2 litres of petrol in before I noticed it was filling my shoes up :o

Anyway what could I use to seal it?

Araldite?

[MICKTLS]

you could try a compound called petseal havent seen any for a while but if i remember in the morning i will ask some of my suppliers for you Dal ok m8

[Lateshift]

wouldnt chemical metal do the job? it seems to work well enough on a pressurised radiator ;)

[Perilous]

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[Lateshift]

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ah this must be a special racer product then? :D

[Dal]

you could try a compound called petseal havent seen any for a while but if i remember in the morning i will ask some of my suppliers for you Dal ok m8

I found some eBay but it's about £18.00 :eek:

[Dal]

ah this must be a special racer product then? :D

It must be a mixture of grass, mud and gravel then :grin2

[Dal]

wouldnt chemical metal do the job? it seems to work well enough on a pressurised radiator ;)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/quick-setting-chemical-METAL-GLUE-resists-oil-water_W0QQitemZ130119073106QQihZ003QQcategoryZ3092 3QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I think this will do the job :jumping2 it says it resists petrol and bonds to metal. And the best bit is the price :grin2

[Lateshift]

It must be a mixture of grass, mud and gravel then :grin2

nah that would be wattle and daub :D

that chemical metal stuff does the job nicely, its holding a ZXR400 radiator together nicely for Mr Polden :D

[Dal]

that chemical metal stuff does the job nicely, its holding a ZXR400 radiator together nicely for Mr Polden :D

I had a bit of a double take on that :grin2 I thought you wrote " it's holding Mr Polden together" :laugh1

[SDM]

I used araldite (think thats how you spell it) once on a petrol tank for pin holes, and it worked...............

[Gixxer-TeZ]

If you get stuck Dal, drain the tank and air it right out and mark where the holes are and get the tank to me and I'll take in into to work and see if I can tig weld the holes up for you


I decided to fit the tank to the 400 and the bloody thing has about 3 or 4 pin holes near the tap.:shooter I found out because I stupidly put about 2 litres of petrol in before I noticed it was filling my shoes up :o

Anyway what could I use to seal it?

Araldite?

[Perilous]

ah this must be a special racer product then? :D

No not at all, I just decided my reccomendation ( how we do them)was slightly dangerous so not to be reccomended on an open forum.

As far a tig welding petrol tanks goes firstly welding used petrol tanks is a mugs game unless the money makes the risk worth while. I've still seen tanks explode after they've been washed out and purged with nitrogen. Petrol is at its most explosive 3% petrol to air ie when the tank is empty. Ask any professional fireman about empty fuel tanks and they give you a list of horror stories.

And yes yes loads of people weld petrol tanks. Loads of people defuse bombs too but you only need one to go off.

Secondly if a ZXR tank has got to the point where the bottom has rusted through you'l be chasing holes all day (unless you get fed up of the rust jumping up onto your tungsten first) unless you patch it properly.

Either balm up the whole area with chemical metal, Araldite or something similar or buy another one off Ebay. My last one was thirty quid.

You should wash it out too because again by the time ZXR 400 tanks rust through they're usually full of cr4p.

[DoodleBug]

At least it looks pretty though Dal :skip

[Perilous]

By the way I forgot to say. If you are ever in a muddle (eg away from home etc) a big hadle full of silicon slapped on the bottom of a tank kept a 3mm hole in an Escort tank from leaking for five years.:grin2

[bayonet]

By the way I forgot to say. If you are ever in a muddle (eg away from home etc) a big hadle full of silicon slapped on the bottom of a tank kept a 3mm hole in an Escort tank from leaking for five years.:grin2Bloody hell, how far from home were you? Or was it a slow Escort?:grin2

[Perilous]

Bloody hell, how far from home were you? Or was it a slow Escort?:grin2



Oh the cutting sarcasm. :grin2

So i have a bad sense of direction, what can I say. :grin2

I actually wadged it on there late at night to get the car to London in the morning (Van wouldn't go in NCP car park) after I'd knocked a hole,in the tank reversing over something with err rather too much welding gear and stuff in the back. It never did leak, I just painted the silicon black to match the tank and the car quite happily went through four MOTs until I eventually scrapped it.

[Dal]

Thanks for the info guys :clap

I have ordered some chemical metal, I'll let you know how it goes ;)

Although we are only wo weeks away from Snetterton and I still don't know if the bloody thing runs properly :eek:

DoodleBug "At least it looks pretty though Dal :skip"

Not so pretty now the petrol has melted all my new paint :mad:

[STEALTH52]

hopefully you'll get it sorted in time, if all else fails you could always use the zx6r mate

[Dal]

hopefully you'll get it sorted in time, if all else fails you could always use the zx6r mate

It's sorted now ;)

It looks like a pile of poo. But it is only a track bike after all :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/essexbikers/Random%20Stuff%20HERE/DSCN4016.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/essexbikers/Random%20Stuff%20HERE/DSCN4015.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/essexbikers/Random%20Stuff%20HERE/DSCN4014.jpg

[Perilous]

I've got a spare zxr 400 tank. It has abig dent in it but it doesn't leak. (I used it at Brands if Feb myself while I was waiting for the yellas)

I'll bung it in the van then if yours does start leaking or anything you can just swap your fule tap and lid over and use that.

[Dal]

Cheers Phil,

Remember mines a H2 :grin2

But this one should be ok as it's a different tank from the leaky one.
The Silver (leaky one) had pin holes all over the place. So I cut my losses and replaced it with this taty looking thing but does seem fuel tight.

It's been in my garage now for almost a week with half a tank of fuel and seems ok ;)

[Dal]

Oh and what should I set the tyre preasures to? :reading

[Perilous]

Oh and what should I set the tyre preasures to? :reading

Ah you've **** it then the frame rails are two narrow on the H for the L tank.

I'm now 28 rear, 30 front on Super Corsas but to be honest I can't tell any difference from the 30R 31 F I used to run so take your pick.

Dunlops 30 rear or 31 front seems to work best on a 400.

[DoodleBug]

It's sorted now ;)

It looks like a pile of poo. But it is only a track bike after all :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/essexbikers/Random%20Stuff%20HERE/DSCN4016.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/essexbikers/Random%20Stuff%20HERE/DSCN4015.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/essexbikers/Random%20Stuff%20HERE/DSCN4014.jpg

Do you know what? I really fancy a packet of Opal Fruits right now, shame they don't sell them anymore. :)

[MICKTLS]

FAST ORANGE hand cleaner springs to mind they were white green and orange lol sorry Dal m8

[Jetski]

I think it looks just grand Dal :D

You're gonna have a riot :D

[NinjaMad]

Looks the tits if you ask me

[Perilous]

Pink and yellow and orange and green, I can see a raaainbow see a raiaanbow.

think yourself lucky you can't hear me singing that.:grin2

[Dal]

The idea being I don't have to worry about colour matching :grin1

[rembrandt]

Im sure ive seen a set of leathers them colours M8:grin2

[MICKTLS]

Dave i think Dal has had some made just to match lol

[Dal]

The bikes gonna be known as the Harlequin by the looks of it :p

[rembrandt]

you mean your going to really try M8 without touching down :grin2

[MICKTLS]

i dont think Dal will be touching down but he might be touching cloth at some time lol :grin2