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MattYorke

Active Member

• Nov 25, 2022

• #1

Morning. I think I am going to replace my fuel tank - while I have the car in bits, it's going to be less effort.
Reading through historical threads it seems there's some variation in quality.

I'm not hugely keen on spending the £ for an OE one - is there any particular aftermarket one that is a fair price, but better quality than any others, or do they all come out of the same factory anyway?

Thank you.

 

tottot

Well-Known Member

• Nov 25, 2022

• #2

Hummed and haa'd on the same question early this year. Went with a Bearmach one, gave it a good rub down and painted a couple of coats of black synthetic tractor enamel [ Tractol, give a couple of weeks to harden fully before fitting] Fitted well. Unfortunately Bearmach now in administration
Try RST Land Rover, may still have stock.
Hard to know where tanks come from but better ones are said to be pressure tested before sale.

 

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slomofo

Well-Known Member

• Nov 25, 2022

• #3

Having just replaced mine ( plus filler neck and sender) I was happy with the item supplied on this listing - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134142755263?epid=1743945366&hash=item1f3b8801bf:g:9R0AAOSwYHxWHRGm

…well made and doesn’t leak, gave it a degrease and squirted rustproofing in all the crevices. There is a gap between the tank and the outer skin/stone guard - worth sealing to stop crud getting in.

 

tottot

Well-Known Member

• Nov 25, 2022

• #4

Not a fan of sealing the tank stoneguard plate, you only need the seal to give at one point and water becomes trapped promoting rust.
Better to keep gap clear and once in a while send some spray grease in there. My Ninety's tank gave up after 32years and that was somewhere half way up. My series 3's still original.

 

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slomofo

Well-Known Member

• Nov 25, 2022

• #5

tottot said:

Not a fan of sealing the tank stoneguard plate, you only need the seal to give at one point and water becomes trapped promoting rust.
Better to keep gap clear and once in a while send some spray grease in there. My Ninety's tank gave up after 32years and that was somewhere half way up. My series 3's still original.

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Bugger - I’ve sealed in all the Dinitrol now…..if I’m still alive to see it rot in 20 odd Years I’ll have learnt a lesson!

 

tottot

Well-Known Member

• Nov 26, 2022

• #6

It may well be fine with the Dintrol in there. Depends on the sort of use you give your truck. Mine lives quit a hard life on a rocky Welsh coast farm where a tonk can soon disturb such seals.
I once tried to repair a series chassis that was blowing rust from the inside. Hopeless job as some noob had filled the chassis with expanding foam.

 

Turboman

Mab An Gov

• Nov 26, 2022

• #7

slomofo said:

Bugger - I’ve sealed in all the Dinitrol now…..if I’m still alive to see it rot in 20 odd Years I’ll have learnt a lesson!

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It will still rust out in 10 years or so, because a lot of the rusting on a fuel tank happens from inside, or from rust that has already started between the two pressings that were welded together to make the tank.