Gas Tank Sealant / Coating suggestions

[Island Girl]

Hey guys,

I'll be installing the fuel gage sender in my gas tank this weekend and was wondering what's the best way to clean out any light surface rust that may have developed, and do they still have the liquid coatings you swish around in the tank to coat all the steel surfaces and seal any chance of leaks in the seams.

Spirit made the tank and installed a filler, but not the sender, and it's painted to match the blue frame.


Thanks in advance,
Darlene

 

[Hacker]

there is a product I used with great success when I was building custom motorcycles. I am not sure how much you would need to do a bucket tank but one kit would be more than enough to do a 5-6 gallon bike tank. It is called Kreem and you can get it at jpcycles.com

 

[choppedtop]

I have used Kreem before on cycle tanks. Some results were good, some not so good. If things go right and the coating stays stuck to the insides of the tank, it is great. If not you have a problem. I used all the methods like the instructions show. I would rather just clean the tank to remove what I can, and run good filters.

 

[PotvinGuy]

Yeah, my tank had leaky welds and I used a sealer kit. Came with etchant and sealer. Can't remember the name, but Eastwood has a good kit. Eastwood Gas Tank Sealer & Gas Tank Sealer Kits

 

[Guy]

I have also used a kit from eastwood worked like it should

 

[Island Girl]

I've tried to order from Eastwood a couple times, and they give me astronomical costs for shipping.

They have a nifty little tungsten grinder for about $100, and they wanted over a$100 more to ship the thing, which should have been less than $20 via Priority Mail.

I also end up with at least a half dozen add emails a day from them, and started getting emails from other, (unwanted) places right after I started getting the Eastwood ones, so I'm not happy with them selling email lists.

Back to the subject at hand . . . . . I ended up ordering this kit from Summit:

https://www.summitracing.com/int/parts/kco-53000

 

[Gerry]

I think its all about reading and following the instructions. I used a Por motorcycle kit for my tank after it was powder coated just to be sure. Only advice is dont get any of the sealer on your drive way or patio...

 

[old round fart]

Darlene would it be cheaper for one of us buying it and shipping it to you? Does that open a can of worms?

 

[Island Girl]

Darlene would it be cheaper for one of us buying it and shipping it to you? Does that open a can of worms?

I could look into that . . . .

This looks like a pretty handy gadget, especially for a newbie TIGger:

Eastwood Tungsten Grinder for Welding & Fabrication

 

[old round fart]

I got the grinder from eBay for $35 and the Dremel at Lowe’s for $90.00 for the battery power and $70 for the corded model.