Tank Leak
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:40 am
Andy:
I had a tank leak in the wing I couldn't get to. This occurred in a quick
build wing. The solution that was suggested to me and work was to apply a
vacuum cleaner to the tank and apply slightly thinned proseal to the leak
area. Let it such in for a minute or two depending on the size of leak and
thickness of the proseal. This worked great for me.
A lot better than sloshing.
Brent
At 05:00 PM 11/5/2004, you wrote:
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I had a tank leak in the wing I couldn't get to. This occurred in a quick
build wing. The solution that was suggested to me and work was to apply a
vacuum cleaner to the tank and apply slightly thinned proseal to the leak
area. Let it such in for a minute or two depending on the size of leak and
thickness of the proseal. This worked great for me.
A lot better than sloshing.
Brent
At 05:00 PM 11/5/2004, you wrote:
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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 18:47:11 -0800 (PST)
From: bowmanout@yahoo.com
To: rebel-builders
Subject: fuel tank construction/ maint
Hello,
i have an aluminum welded fuel tank that was leak tested extensively prior
to installation. it was rewelded to cure a few small leaks and retested
and installed. after 15 months of use with av gas, it has started to leak
rapidly from a lower seam after all those months. it has had fuel in it
for 100 percent of that time.
my question is do you rebel guys rely on your prosealed seams or do you
"slosh" your tanks also?
we may be able to proseal the lower seams through the fuel filler, but it
will be a less than pretty result. our other possibility is to pull the
wing and slosh the tank. i guess we could also try sloshing with the wing
installed as the leak is definitely in a seam on the bottom of the tank.
any thoughts or suggestions would be very appreciated. we use av gas in
the wing tanks and blend with auto fuel in the main fuselage tank. anyone
have experience with sloshing materials and there success/failure with av
or auto fuel?
thanks
Andy
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