Bob Hobden

Looks like I am going to have to replace the petrol tank on my 90 2.5 petrol
as it seeping fuel since I filled right up recently. Checked under seat and
it's not coming from anywhere on top so must be coming through the seams.
Difficult job?
And, is it worth getting a stainless tank if there is such a thing?

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Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

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"Bob Hobden" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

> Looks like I am going to have to replace the petrol tank on my 90 2.5 petrol
> as it seeping fuel since I filled right up recently. Checked under seat and
> it's not coming from anywhere on top so must be coming through the seams.
> Difficult job?
> And, is it worth getting a stainless tank if there is such a thing?
>

Not a difficult job technically, but getting the old one off
can be a bugger. It just so happens we have a single-hole
90 tank going for 70.00 quid including delivery......ahem.

Stainless or not really depends on how long you intend
keeping the vehicle.

Richard

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Gordon

> Difficult job?

Maybe. Only three bolts hold the tank in, but the two at the back onto
the outrigger can be right b........s to shift - no room for angle
grinders etc. The special bolt at the front might well shear, (the
threaded part is smaller than the rest of it) but at least it's easy
to get at and replace.

Gordon.

David G. Bell

On Monday, in article <39mlh0F5vssk8U1@individual.net>
me@privacy.net "Bob Hobden" wrote:

> Looks like I am going to have to replace the petrol tank on my 90 2.5 petrol
> as it seeping fuel since I filled right up recently. Checked under seat and
> it's not coming from anywhere on top so must be coming through the seams.
> Difficult job?

Based on experience with a Series III and a Ford Sierra, if you can get
at the pipes and electrical connectors, the main awkwardness is the
weight and size combination. You may have problems with corroded
threads and need new fixings. On my Series III the previous owner had
missed off a metal washer which should have transferred the weight to
the bolt-head.






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Bob Hobden

Richard replied after Bob Hobden" wrote:
>
>> Looks like I am going to have to replace the petrol tank on my 90 2.5
>> petrol
>> as it seeping fuel since I filled right up recently. Checked under seat
>> and
>> it's not coming from anywhere on top so must be coming through the seams.
>> Difficult job?
>> And, is it worth getting a stainless tank if there is such a thing?
>>
>
> Not a difficult job technically, but getting the old one off
> can be a bugger. It just so happens we have a single-hole
> 90 tank going for 70.00 quid including delivery......ahem.

Mine has the sender unit and an in tank fuel pump so two holes. Shame.

> Stainless or not really depends on how long you intend
> keeping the vehicle.
>
I had intended to keep it for a long time but the number of things that are
going wrong is making me a bit fed up. It's only done 48k miles too but I
suppose it's the age and lack of previous TLC.

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

Bob Hobden

"Gordon" wrote
>> Difficult job?
>
> Maybe. Only three bolts hold the tank in, but the two at the back onto
> the outrigger can be right b........s to shift - no room for angle
> grinders etc. The special bolt at the front might well shear, (the
> threaded part is smaller than the rest of it) but at least it's easy
> to get at and replace.
>
I wouldn't have thought an angle grinder next to a leaking petrol tank a
good idea. :-)

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London