Subject: gas tank neck leak?
Author: Ron Komoroski
Date: Jul 6, 2004, 4:22 AM
Post ID: 1717105540
loopers,
I did a resto on an Eldo last summer, including a custom paint job. Painter
has many years experience at the best auto body shop in town, does his side
work using the paint booth & equipment at the shop. Best PPG paints. Nothing
second class, did a beautiful job. Problem is that paint is bubbling around
filler neck on top of gas tank. At the VA rally, one person who saw it said
that there is a seam where the filler neck is fitted into the tank top, &
that "aggressive paint prep" can remove the "sealer" from seam, allowing
vapor from inside tank up under paint, causing it to lift & bubble.
Can anyone verify? is so, what is the sealer? I'm going to get the tank made
right, (paint job is guaranteed), but I want to be sure it doesn't happen
again.
Thanks,
Ron Komoroski