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10-03-2020, 07:56 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Powys
Bike: M900
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Tank lining - good? bad idea?
As many may have read in a separate thread I’ve just had a leak on my tank repaired and then it resprayed. I’m just considering if I should do anything to the inside of the tank prior to use? It’s empty and dry - would this be a good opportunity to use one of the epoxy resin linings I’ve seen advertised as a defence against new methanol fuel? If so which one??
Thanks in advance, Goofle. |
11-03-2020, 07:45 AM | #2 |
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bognor Regis
Bike: Other Ducati
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The original tank on my Streetfighter 848 has swollen due to ethanol in the fuel. I bought a lightly scratched unswollen second hand tank from France for under £200 and had it coated (internally) with Caswell ethanol resistant fuel tank sealer and the outside repainted. I haven’t fitted it yet, but plan to do so in the next couple of months. I see no reason why you shouldn’t use a similar type of sealant on your tank in order to protect it. Metal tanks can also suffer from issues with ethanol in petrol and with E10 fuel just around the corner it would seem to be a sensible thing to do.
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11-03-2020, 08:26 AM | #3 |
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Thanks, I’m inclined to agree. However, the bike doesn’t do a huge mileage so I’m considering just running it on whichever petrol supplier it is that doesn’t add ethanol to its super unleaded product (if they still continue not to) but that makes life rather awkward at refuelling time!
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11-03-2020, 09:03 AM | #4 |
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Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Clevedon
Bike: M1200s
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At the moment it's only Esso super unleaded that is ethanol free, every other garage uses E5 but that might change if the UK goes to E10.
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