Leaky Fuel Tank

Buggritt!

Fuel tank leaking, looks to be coming from beneath the lower second
skin (skid plate) so almost impossible to bodge.

I may be able to scrounge a tank from a later (L reg) 3.9, but suspect
the tanks are not identical (parts lists mention single vent or multi
vent).

Anyone have any idea whether I can fit a later tank into an early 3.5
efi.

Failing that, anyone got a cheap tank knocking about anywhere?

TIA

David

1986 efi Classic RR

In message <[email protected]>
rads <[email protected]> wrote:

> Buggritt!
>
> Fuel tank leaking, looks to be coming from beneath the lower second
> skin (skid plate) so almost impossible to bodge.
>
> I may be able to scrounge a tank from a later (L reg) 3.9, but suspect
> the tanks are not identical (parts lists mention single vent or multi
> vent).
>
> Anyone have any idea whether I can fit a later tank into an early 3.5
> efi.
>
> Failing that, anyone got a cheap tank knocking about anywhere?
>
> TIA
>
> David
>
> 1986 efi Classic RR

Efi's (up to HA464554 when the plastic tank came in) are all
multi-vent ESR2000.

Richard
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On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:47:12 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In message <[email protected]>
> rads <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Buggritt!
>>
>> Fuel tank leaking, looks to be coming from beneath the lower second
>> skin (skid plate) so almost impossible to bodge.
>>
>> I may be able to scrounge a tank from a later (L reg) 3.9, but suspect
>> the tanks are not identical (parts lists mention single vent or multi
>> vent).
>>
>> Anyone have any idea whether I can fit a later tank into an early 3.5
>> efi.
>>
>> Failing that, anyone got a cheap tank knocking about anywhere?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> David
>>
>> 1986 efi Classic RR
>
>Efi's (up to HA464554 when the plastic tank came in) are all
>multi-vent ESR2000.
>
>Richard

I know this should be the case, but just spent a few minutes under
mine, and if the vents are all supposed to be in roughly the same area
of the tank as advised, I really can only see one (located
approximately above and forward of the main tank filler inlet).

Mine does seem quite an early efi. It still has the vertical grill,
for example, and has caught parts guys out before...

If I do end up finding a cheap multi-vent tank (assuming mine really
is single vent), can I just block up the extra vents?

David

In message <[email protected]>
rads <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:47:12 +0000 (UTC), beamendsltd
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >In message <[email protected]>
> > rads <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Buggritt!
> >>
> >> Fuel tank leaking, looks to be coming from beneath the lower second
> >> skin (skid plate) so almost impossible to bodge.
> >>
> >> I may be able to scrounge a tank from a later (L reg) 3.9, but suspect
> >> the tanks are not identical (parts lists mention single vent or multi
> >> vent).
> >>
> >> Anyone have any idea whether I can fit a later tank into an early 3.5
> >> efi.
> >>
> >> Failing that, anyone got a cheap tank knocking about anywhere?
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >> 1986 efi Classic RR
> >
> >Efi's (up to HA464554 when the plastic tank came in) are all
> >multi-vent ESR2000.
> >
> >Richard
>
> I know this should be the case, but just spent a few minutes under
> mine, and if the vents are all supposed to be in roughly the same area
> of the tank as advised, I really can only see one (located
> approximately above and forward of the main tank filler inlet).
>
> Mine does seem quite an early efi. It still has the vertical grill,
> for example, and has caught parts guys out before...

Sounds like someone's been playing..... ;-)

>
> If I do end up finding a cheap multi-vent tank (assuming mine really
> is single vent), can I just block up the extra vents?
>

I can't see why not if done properly.

> David

Richard
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