hello everyone, i faced a problem...my petrol tank is leaking...at the middle of the tank...btw..it juz a small leaking, not yet until drop by drop leaking..izit still drivable??.and izit can be weld back?? do the "magat" shop do this job?? coz this petrol tank with internal fuel pump is quite hard to find nowadays...thank you for ur helping

yeah, i drove saga before, but using NA tank...haisehhh...not good feel mah.
and of coz, UK spec tank is RARE..hehehe

u can ask for welding, but using brass or alloy oxy-acytelene welding (gas welding).
same brass/alloy welding for air-cond system.u cannot use normal welding...ok

small leaking is driveable, but with scared feeling loh...how if your tank catch fire? OMG...repair fast lor

now the problem is...i cannot confirm where the hell is the petrol leaking...haiz...after full the petrol tank only realize its leaking...i saw the stain on the middle gap so i assume there is the leaking...now my car still got a lot of petrol...that y i want to finish all the fuel lor...haiz..in seremban area which magat shop provide this kind of service...??hard to find replacement for this tank...initially i never think about long term...now seem its realize..adehhh....

epoxy thing is not last longer...it's for temporary solution only, go for welding anyway

Do as what joefbi said.

Welding will do the job.

go kedai potong and get one new tank lo

later bakar then call it fate?

Best cheapest solution is welding.

But do b prepared to identify where d leak is, empty d tank or even remove d whole tank first b4 u pass it over to d welder.

yes, tank must be removed from car, empty the tank properly and weld.

same thing happen to my uk spec tank.. need to wash it cleanly b4 weld it..
uk spec tank is very rare... sagaiswara team willing to pay u up to RM800 only for the tank!

you are right to wash it first. Petrol fumes left behind can also explode......

correct... if u dont want, u can sell this tank to me.. but RM200 ok ar ..

yeah...i decide to weld it..as it is damn hard to find and the price like rocket...cannot afford...i hope after welding will not leak again...it takes 3-4 days to complete the job..
oh yea..another problem arise...the screw which built on the tank...that one to screw the fuel pump one...1 is patah oledy...got any solution??now only left 4 batang

This post has been edited by yong88: Sep 21 2011, 10:07 PM

saw in mythbuster they purposely lit the fuel tank, no explosion.

however the leaked fuel still can burn.

for welding, you can go to the body repair /kedai ketok workshops. they should be able to help on the welding or even better drain petrol, remove tank, weld, put back for you.

yes, tank can burn, but may not exploded due to no pressure inside(do not close tank inlet/outlet) but prevention action is always good.

for the patah screw, usually mech always have thier way to fix it...dont worry.

This post has been edited by joefbi: Sep 22 2011, 10:04 AM

there have 3 screws right? 1 already patah? u need to make sure the petrol is not leak from there when u pump full tank.. happen to me twice!..

no no...the 3 screws head one is pelampung...my patah part is the fuel pump one..pentagon shape one...haiz...leceh wor using rare things...initially i never think all this problems...oh yea...n 1 more thing...what fuel pump suit for ukspec? without modified it...becoz my fuel pump is a bit short..maybe 3cm like that...thats y when almost no oil...the fuel pump is hard to suck petrol..n the car senguk2...like koffing..

This post has been edited by yong88: Sep 22 2011, 02:52 PM

Yes, prevention is always better as you won't know what will happen.
Well, my friend's son hurt before, as he torched open a 40 gallon drum in half. The drum was used to store petrol, and was already drained and with small cover opened, but still exploded......

using standard pump that come with tank also get jerking? ppl do change their tank to injection
tank to prevent jerking while in cornering, but u still get jerk with injection tank?...aisehh...

what engine ur using now? i may try mitsu GSR in tank pump...

the original fuel pump for uk spec is a big size fuel pump like nissan (not like wira/satria)
maybe u already change it b4 because of faulty fuel pump... if the 3 screws (pelampung area ) is faulty, u need to check whether the leaking is coming from there.. used paper gasket.. 3 4 layer

joefbi n gagak84 : FYI...my fuel pump changed be4 becoz the original pump no function already...changed to a small fuel pump a year ago n pomen claimed that is a perdana fuel pump...i'm forget to take the picture...my car jerk if petrol almost empty..becoz the current fuel pump not fully attach to the bottom of the fuel pump mounting..this is what pomen told me lar..that y i am thinking what fuel pump can suitable fit in uk spec fuel pump mounting n i want to change it..

*my engine :4g13 with MMC injection..that's all...no modified2 coz be4 that using jasma hicam/Adjustable pulley/FICD..it was totally cannot adapt...engine keep on stall...rpm need to adjust near to 2000 to maintain it...open air cond rpm drop till 500 even with FICD...so eventually i changed all back to standard...

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Added on September 25, 2011, 8:46 pmwell..my tank is welded...but...the fuel pump cover only manage to screwed 4..the other 1 is patah...so now..when i fill up full tank...the petrol vomit back from the fuel pump cover..(pentagon shape)...got any other way to repair the screw head? or any other solution?? please help...

This post has been edited by yong88: Sep 25 2011, 08:46 PM