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Old 03-01-2021, 05:29 AM   #1
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Can anyone confirm HDPE is fuel tank material

Can anybody confirm the fuel tank is made of HDPE... like 100%
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Old 03-01-2021, 10:56 AM   #2
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s14? i have one laying outside. also, it's possible s14/s15/r33/r34/c34/c35 tanks are all interchangeable.

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Oh cool!! thank you

So, how do we interpret this data, The outside of the tank is HDPE but the middle and inner layers are PAG (Woven glass fiber in polymer materials?)
I contacted a big plastic welding company and they said The tank has Fibers in it and can't be welded! So they must be talking about the PAG


This is the patch I found which claims to bond completely for a permanent HDPE fuel tank seal,

https://tbbonding.com/repair-a-gas-tank/

Right now plan is buy a 2nd tank, and reinforce it using that patch kit. Then swap out the fuel tanks, and repair/patch the original as a spare I guess
Hopefully will wind up with a bullet proof fuel tank. I'll replace the rubber strap materials so its nice and softly nestled.
I was thinking of melting some HDPE welding rod into the problem areas... debating
Will def pressure test before and after. I wonder how many PSI is reasonable? Maybe 3-4 psi max?

Only thing I need to know now is what areas of the fuel tank need reinforcement. The pics showing the traditional crack spot are down, anyone got good pics of the passenger side crack that forms? Pretty sure thats where mine is.
But I'd also like to reinforce the seams... where I've seen people use soldering irons to cure pin holes.

I drove yesterday round trip with leaking tank 200 miles and also ~20x 400-500rwhp wot runs near 100mph on one full tank of fuel, its down to 1/8 tank now and parked it up. Before you say "that was dumb" I didn't realize the tank was leaking until after the fun. I took the car out to the middle of nowhere and did a bunch of 0-120mph stuff because I planned to hit the 1/4 track next week. One of the roads was ALLL torn up, huge holes, the car bounced and slammed around at 10mph for a hundred feet, I believe that is what stressed the crack in the tank. In retrospect I believe there was already a tiny crack formed before all this because I would smell fuel for no reason on and off for years. So I think I just made the existing tiny crack larger.

Always knew this day would come. Just happy 240s dont go up in flames over this flaw. That exhaust had to be hot enough to light paper on fire.
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Old 03-01-2021, 09:50 PM   #4
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i'll grab a pic tomorrow of where mine cracked. apparently a real common spot because the replacement tank candidate i picked up was also cracked there. (got my money back)

as for pressures, i do not know, but my tank sure does hiss a good amount when i open the fuel cap sometimes.

my tank cracked pretty badly and my attempts to fill or patch the crack did not work. tried it a couple times, maybe it would have worked if it wasnt so severe.

the first time i used a cheap plastic welder kit, basically just a small hot iron and some "scrap" hdpe i found (old black plastic bucket). heated the scrap up with the iron until it was gooey and pressed it into the crack and kind of smoothed it out with the iron. drove around the block the next day and my patch split.

second time i did more of the same but this time i used a heat gun to really heat up the area before adding more plastic thinking it would give a better bond or something. additionally, added some jb-weld plastic epoxy over that because i prayed i did not have to do this entire process again in my driveway. alas, it failed and i ended up buying one that wasnt cracked.

i've read people DIY this problem with good results. even with melted zipties lol. so maybe i have bad luck or my process sucked or the material labeled hdpe was trash, maybe all 3. i just wish they still made new tanks.
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i'll grab a pic tomorrow of where mine cracked. apparently a real common spot because the replacement tank candidate i picked up was also cracked there. (got my money back)

as for pressures, i do not know, but my tank sure does hiss a good amount when i open the fuel cap sometimes.

my tank cracked pretty badly and my attempts to fill or patch the crack did not work. tried it a couple times, maybe it would have worked if it wasnt so severe.

the first time i used a cheap plastic welder kit, basically just a small hot iron and some "scrap" hdpe i found (old black plastic bucket). heated the scrap up with the iron until it was gooey and pressed it into the crack and kind of smoothed it out with the iron. drove around the block the next day and my patch split.

second time i did more of the same but this time i used a heat gun to really heat up the area before adding more plastic thinking it would give a better bond or something. additionally, added some jb-weld plastic epoxy over that because i prayed i did not have to do this entire process again in my driveway. alas, it failed and i ended up buying one that wasnt cracked.

i've read people DIY this problem with good results. even with melted zipties lol. so maybe i have bad luck or my process sucked or the material labeled hdpe was trash, maybe all 3. i just wish they still made new tanks.

it's your process of how you did it. remember back in the days when you were in art class and you were making clay pots etc.....you have to score the clay first before you made the next layer. same process. this is how i fix plastic cracks etc.....this way you won't delaminate the plastic you melted on the tank.
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yeah that totally makes sense. i did hit the area with a scotch pad so that idea was kind of in my head at the time, but i can now see that was nowhere good enough.

right around here near the strap channel just above seam is where mine was.
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Thats a great picture. Wow that tank looks like it has alot of potential spots for leaks.

Are there any other spots anybody would recommend need reinforcing?
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Hello everyone

Kind of excited to be back on the road again!
Today I put in my new fuel tank and very happy with the results.
I came back to share what I have done, I have not seen this done yet, kind of strange to me but here it is as short as possible.

First the pictures, then report. thumbnails will open large pictures into a new window.








And now, a quick report
I contacted several companies about my cracked fuel tank issue. The places that weld plastic said they can not help me because the inner lining of the tank is a woven fiber, PEG poly ethylene glycol , iirc
So plastic welding was out of the question I guess. I don't know enough about working with these plastics to take that kind of chance.

After some searching I found a place that claims 100% success or your money back for patching these kind of fuel tanks.
These guys: https://tbbonding.com/

I read far enough to understand that what they claim is indeed possible, especially when it comes to plastics where carbon is involved in any chain reaction. So Immediately I thought that the patch they sell could be used as reinforcement to prevent my new tank from cracking.
Not So fast! They told me their patches don't add any reinforcement, really (how can that be though?) And are for just fixing the crack, it won't work as a preventative measure. Personally I still think it would add SOME support but the reality is the company's engineers have really thought this through and come to several conclusions which make the patch non-ideal to sell for the sake of support. For starters they are very expensive per unit area, a patch for 3"x12" is almost $100. So imagine trying to coat a fuel tank in the stuff, it would cost a fortune. No reputable company would suggest that when sports tape adds MORE support and is far cheaper. I believe the patch intended affect to make covalent bonds as continuously as possible to cover the surface where the crack is, which of course is water or fuel tight. And being so specific to make sure those bonds form properly even under the most negligence of use (as any good engineer would design their products of course) conditions probably means sacrificing some strength of the material in the directions that typically cause cracks in the first place, at least it would be negligible or impractical when compared with sports tape whose job doesn't depend on making water tight seals in a continuous layer around some crack which has already formed.

They went on to tell me, instead of using their patch material, to use sports tape. Yes, from Walmart. That white tape you see is like $5 from walmart. Incredulous
The sports tape adds support and will prevent cracking. I believe it because by applying statics and mechanics of materials by studying the forces we can clearly see the forces involved are helpful when the tape is directly bonded to the surface of the fuel tank as it will resist the spreading apart nature of the sort of crack that I see forming. The similar type of spreading 'crack' in a fuel line as it appears longitudinally most frequently because longitudinal forces from within the radius of fuel lines are twice as strong in the longitudinal direction than they are circumferential or around the hose. It is clear that the internal pressure forces due to the weight of fuel must be additional to those stresses caused by changing velocity of the vehicle in all directions. In other words, going over a sharp bump in the road changes the vertical velocity component of the entire vehicle which means those straps or parts of the chassis have to apply force to the fuel tank. Imagine the vehicle jostling over a very rocky road and slamming around the fuel tank while fuel also bears down from within. The pressure is clearly more than it can stand and the atoms parts ways into a slice, like a knife cut down a hose lengthwise

I am sure I did not use enough adhesive to cover every single spot as would be optimal perhaps, but I think there is enough of it spread out evenly to be helpful in resisting the forces which attempt to pull apart the atoms. It can do this because using their adhesives, sprays, "poly prep" and pre warming the tank and applying their special adhesives, and finishing spray etc.. (will detail below this) That the sports tape will strongly adhere and help hold the fuel tank together as it bonds very tightly to the tape using their procedure.

And it does. Actually their glue bonds to everything that it touches it seems. My fingers felt like they turned to rocks. It wore off after about 2 hours, it just crumbles into dust if you keep rubbing at it. I wasn't too worried because it smelled very strongly of super glue so I treated it accordingly. Yes I used gloves, just a little touch to the glue and they ripped to shreds. The gloves didn't stand a chance and within a short time I had gone through 10 pairs and that glue stuff was everywhere, some is still in my hair and I'm pretty sure the fumes are very toxic, its not a laughing matter even though glue jokes are extremely comical by design... what I am saying is get very good ventilation and wear a mask and be safe with all chemicals

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A Tech-Patch is not really a reinforcer. What you can use to reinforce the tank where it is not cracked is sports tape (available from Walmart), as follows.

Clean the area
Saturate the area with the Poly Prep. Let dry.
Warm the area.
Apply beads of adhesive to the area of concern.
Press on the sports tape.
Use glue squeegee from the center outward to press down the sports tape
Apply more adhesive over the entire area, making SURE to get adhesive to the edges.
Spray the Activator/Accelerator

This technique adds surface area, increasing the stability. Please let me know if you have any questions.
I followed this but with one small difference, I used the heat gun constantly during the adhesive process, to make sure the tank kept warming as I moved along. Because if you warm one area and apply tape everywhere else gets cool. So I just kept heating, sticking tape, squeegee tape, re-heating, etc.... the entire time as I went along.

Once the tape was all glued into place (I just guessed where I thought it would need support. Turns out I was on the money when I saw the crack in my other tank finally thanks to the picture provided earlier in the thread) I also sprayed some rubberized undercoating on the car AND on the tank straps to keep the metal from the straps and car chassis from rubbing onto the tank directly. If you look carefully in some of the pictures you can see the black goop, that is rubber undercoating. I could see rust spots where the straps are in contact with the tank and that can't be good for it, those stiff metal straps probably contribute to the vibrations and stress that causes cracking. Whether the tank is weak in that area or flawed by design doesn't change the fact that the tape will support the solid form of the fuel tank and help keep a crack from forming anywhere. I am not sure if it can help with the seam around the tank, however. There is still a potential for a leaking seam even with the tape, I am tempted to believe. Because how can the tape prevent a degradation of the materials? I suppose it might prevent loss of materials which would help with atoms "falling off" the fuel tank over time, weakening or thinning its layers. Eventually, anything exposed to outside weather will erode and deteriorate, so this there is still some improvement with the tape as an additional layer. Now the tape is eroding instead of the fuel tank in those places, from the outside.

So now the straps have the sports tape area, and the rubberized coating between them and the tank.
I didn't try to use rubber strap sleeves because it seems like the fuel strap is already sort of stretched to the max limit when fully in place, as intended by the factory to be used without rubber insert.


And it came out great, I think. I am very happy now just to have a tank that doesn't leak and might not crack... will update as needed if anything happens! good luck!
I'm also going to repair the old tank, and basically do the same thing after I fix the crack properly.
I pressure test the tank before doing anything to make sure there are no other holes I Might miss. SO just a heads up if you go to do this, pressure test it first just in case you miss something. IF there is already a hole you cant just sports tape over it, that wont seal the hole, you need the patch first.
Not sure when I'm going to do it But when I do I Will update those results as well, and hopefully have a spare fuel tank all set ready to go for whatever car comes next, or whatever, maybe I'll flip it over add some legs and use it as a table or fish tank or something

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Here was their outlined procedure:


I followed this but with one small difference, I used the heat gun constantly during the adhesive process, to make sure the tank kept warming as I moved along. Because if you warm one area and apply tape everywhere else gets cool. So I just kept heating, sticking tape, squeegee tape, re-heating, etc.... the entire time as I went along.
What kit did you buy from them for the adhesive and how much did you use?
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What kit did you buy from them for the adhesive and how much did you use?
I would email them and show them the damage they will recommend a kit for you. It was like $60 or $80 I forget. No complaints!
I Used a little over half but I did my entire tank with the sports tape. If you are just fixing a small crack region it will use much less....

However. I recommend after you fix the crack, you also do what I did with the tape, secure the tape all over the improve surface area and prevent future cracking in other spots. go nuts!
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I would email them and show them the damage they will recommend a kit for you. It was like $60 or $80 I forget. No complaints!
I Used a little over half but I did my entire tank with the sports tape. If you are just fixing a small crack region it will use much less....

However. I recommend after you fix the crack, you also do what I did with the tape, secure the tape all over the improve surface area and prevent future cracking in other spots. go nuts!

I am going to try to fix a cracked tank and I have a few I want to use the sports tape on to try to prevent from cracking.

I have also always thought about making a little extension for the straps and adding foam tape to them.
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I am going to try to fix a cracked tank and I have a few I want to use the sports tape on to try to prevent from cracking.

I have also always thought about making a little extension for the straps and adding foam tape to them.
They need it! I was just discussing with someone about how it seems kinda dumb the metal straps are directly sitting on the plastic tank. Forces are forces, from statics we can see it doesn't matter how tightly you hold the tank, the force vertical for example of the car moving will apply to the tank through the strap with no damping, full stress, full force.
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Camper Mounting Tape would work really well on the straps. Plus its cheap like borsht!
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Bringing this post up from the dead kinda-ish. any updates? how is the tank holding up? any additional comments and/or reviews?

My old tank cracked in the same spot as others have (passenger side, facing engine bay strap area), luckily I sourced an un-cracked tank. I have a quick question regarding the sports tape, when you applied the sports tape, you used tbbonding's adhesive and accelerator WITH the sports tape correct? or you just applied sports tape to clean surface area? I'm dumb, I read your post a few times and still feel dumb
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The first thing is to be very very clean, fully clean the tank prep for adhesive. The adhesive prep steps are very important, contact the company regarding the preparation. Its like painting, 99% prep work.

Yes I put down alot of adhesive while applying the tape, and I remember heating with a heat gun while I did that and using a squeegee to flatten the tape out. The kit includes most of the stuff except the heating gun and sports tape.

The tape is used to strengthen an existing non-cracked tank area.
To fix a cracked tank you will also need the special patch they offer with the kit. The patch relies on preparation and proper application like with the tape, but even more important because it must make molecular bonding to the surface which means even more cleanliness and care is required. Before applying the patch it needs some holes drilled to the crack ends to get rid of the spreading and other details.
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Sorry to bring this up again, but I have an S14 tank that is cracked in the normal spot. It goes over the seam at the passenger side strap. Were you able to use the T-bonding patch at this location? Did you have to grind the seam down flush with the rest of the tank surface? How is this repair holding up?
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The first thing is to be very very clean, fully clean the tank prep for adhesive. The adhesive prep steps are very important, contact the company regarding the preparation. Its like painting, 99% prep work.

Yes I put down alot of adhesive while applying the tape, and I remember heating with a heat gun while I did that and using a squeegee to flatten the tape out. The kit includes most of the stuff except the heating gun and sports tape.

The tape is used to strengthen an existing non-cracked tank area.
To fix a cracked tank you will also need the special patch they offer with the kit. The patch relies on preparation and proper application like with the tape, but even more important because it must make molecular bonding to the surface which means even more cleanliness and care is required. Before applying the patch it needs some holes drilled to the crack ends to get rid of the spreading and other details.

Any updates on the gas tank repair?
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I didn't install the repaired tank. I fixed it and set it aside as a spare. My main tank is a used 1998 fuel tank that was never cracked. That is the tank in the pictures and it is described


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I'm also going to repair the old tank, and basically do the same thing after I fix the crack properly.
I don't like to gamble, but when I have to I choose the more probability of success even if its costs extra. A next, un-cracked tank although still a gamble seemed like less of one so I went with it. Just like a proper high mileage stock engine is less of a gamble than a brand new built engine.

These cars are remarkably easy to work on yet I still don't enjoy the prospect of dropping another fuel tank. Racking up the miles
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my friend did the steps as described and patched a tank and sold it to me. The crack was at the common area everyone's getting the cracks at, on the belt strap area on the passenger side. It failed after about 300 miles and 2 months of sitting with a full tank of gas. This was a year ago.

I'm doing the process again this week on a different tank with a crack in the exact same area, wish me luck. I'll report back when it's done, i'll try to post pictures too... We really need nissan to make new tanks for us.

Actually, found this really good video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_KivatBR4E

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my friend did the steps as described and patched a tank and sold it to me. The crack was at the common area everyone's getting the cracks at, on the belt strap area on the passenger side. It failed after about 300 miles and 2 months of sitting with a full tank of gas. This was a year ago.

I'm doing the process again this week on a different tank with a crack in the exact same area, wish me luck. I'll report back when it's done, i'll try to post pictures too... We really need nissan to make new tanks for us.

Actually, found this really good video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_KivatBR4E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZc2uBdyD_g


This guy tried that patch without success.


Maybe it was his technique. But I think he's right the tank flexes per the design so any repair that doesn't flex will eventually fail.
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Are there any other stamps or information such as manufacture date/location on the tank other than what Yomisu posted?
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This guy tried that patch without success.


Maybe it was his technique. But I think he's right the tank flexes per the design so any repair that doesn't flex will eventually fail.
Stupid question just following for interests..... Would the results be the same if patched on the inside?
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Just to update everyone that pays attention to this issues. There is a company in pre-production for remanufacturing these in the states.
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Just to update everyone that pays attention to this issues. There is a company in pre-production for remanufacturing these in the states.
Oh wow thanks for the update, any info on the company?
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Oh wow thanks for the update, any info on the company?
Is the company Vintage Tank Solutions? I saw a post on FB gauging interest
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Is the company Vintage Tank Solutions? I saw a post on FB gauging interest
Actually, it is another group. I reached out to VTS in regards to making them, the post you saw. Another gentleman reached out to myself and VTS and said they were in pre-production stages. I believe VTS and this group were suppose to have a meeting in the new year.
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