Which Filler Is Fuel Resistant

[Guest craig030774]

have a slight weep on tank sender and have read somewhere that body filler is fuel resistant but which type p38, plastic padding etc

 

cheers guys

[miikae]

Where on the sender is it leaking ? fuel pipes , electrical connector or flange .

 

Mike

[Guest craig030774]

flange is where it is weeping tank is a homemade stainless jobbie with the ford sender have sealed the 4 holes on top of the sender with weld but just want to run some sealer around the flange

[miikae]

You could try this HELDITE - jointing compound for petrol, diesel, oil, hydraulic fluids, water, steam and gases , But whether it would work as a filler i would not like to say .

 

Mike

[Guest graham dockerill]

I think I used silkaflex, still allright after 4 years

[geoff shep]

It's actually SIKAFLEX if you are searching for it - certainly used to be readily available from motor factors and recommended by RH in the build manuals. Likewise, mine has worked well over 13 years on the sender and filler neck. Its only supposed to be 'temporarily' fuel resistant which I think means not continually immersed. It is jet fuel resistant which is nice if you are thinking of fitting a jet engine - or a diesel.

[Guest craig030774]

tried some black sealant from work but went gooey after a while heard that body filler is ok but not sure what type

[Guest outtolunch]

I remember seing petro patch for leaking tanks never used it but googled it and it is still around and also a putty version as well.

[agent_zed]

if the tank is out then i'd just put some fuel tank sealer in (mine was for a motorbike tank) and swirl it around. I made my tank out of stainless and then araldite'd and riveted the a piece off the seirra tank onto mine so i could fit the sender the same way as intended with the locking mechanism. havent had a prob in the last year and it went through SVA ok. hth

[johnlrichardson]

Body filler is no good. Its powder, resin and hardener and its porous I have used Araldite before and it seals ok

 

john

[Guest shaggy]

Chemical metal works great. Available from most good motor factors. Used to seal both filler and sender units. No probs 18 months on.

The stuff I've used is called quicksilver.

Si