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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Gas Tank Rust

My fuel is showing (clogging) rust in the fuel filter. I removed the gas tank and it is VERY solid with the exception of some surface rust in the tank. It also does not leak. Is there a home remedy? In other words, is there something I can pick up at a local auto parts store to "seal" the tank?

Thanks.

JAM
JAM Meador

hey JAM,

long time hows it going...you havent sold the midget agian yet...LOL, Is work still going okay, scary times ah.

I have heard of this stuff a couple times...look into it

http://www.gas-tank-sealer.com/

Prop
SheBoyGan5 from Prop

JAM, there is stuff available but I'm not sure where one would find it. Pep Boys, Auto Zone or similar type of shop perhaps? I had a fuel tank in a similar condition and I took it to a rad shop and they steamed it clean and sealed the inside of the tank and it cost me about $100.00.

Clive Reddin

I have split a tank apart in the past and the pickup is not accessible. Cleaning out the rust is OK but I wouldn't put a sealer in it for fear of filling the holes of the pickup tube. Has anyone used a sealer with out problems?
J Bubela

Ive never done the sealer stuff...Instead I got a tank off ebay several years ago when they where as common as spark plugs, and almost as cheap.

Prop
Prop

I tried the 3 M tank sealer. Although I cleaned the inside before sealing it was no success. It clogged the filter and did not seal so well. A new galvanised petrol tank is 80 pounds (AH spares).

Flip



Flip Brühl 948 frog 59

Google Bill Hirsch
he distributes/sells a cleaner and a coating for fuel tanks.

Short answer...lot of work. Get a new tank... Google Spectra.
M. Who

This thread was discussed between 19/09/2009 and 24/09/2009

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