jimglassford
Silver Member
I am of the belief that plastic cannot be successfully repairs, especially a fuel tank. If you really have to take a lot apart to get to the fuel tank, do it once and spend the money for a new tank.
JB Weld did not adhere to the connection or the build up I added later. It pealed right off. I am trying Seal All now. If that fails I will try melting the broken connection point and fusing them together.JB weld.
I'll answer my own question. I did some more reading and watched a couple of videos. It seems that I needed very little bleeding because the fuel filter was still full.SealAll worked no better. After a week away I am back at it. I drilled out the broken fitting and screwed in a brass fitting with a 3/8" barbed connector.. The tank is likely 1/4" thick in that area and the brass threads bit in nice and hard. See photo.
I have it all back together and fuel in the tank. I am following the bleeding instructions. My fuel filter has the priming pump on top. I opened the bleeding screw and pumped and pumped and pumped - no sign of fuel. I even removed the bleeding screw and pumped for another 2 or 3 minutes - no fuel. I checked the main fuel line out of the tank and it is not pinched.
Any bleeding suggestions?
Thanks.
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JB weld will work. I had a leak on my rx6010c. I pumped the fuel out and dropped the left side tank. Clean it well and let the jb weld cure overnight. Once it was reinstalled, I filled the tank and fired up. No priming was necessary.Thanks for that advice. What should I use? Maybe JB Weld? It claims to work on plastic and I think it is fuel resistant.
Steel tank or plastic?JB weld will work. I had a leak on my rx6010c. I pumped the fuel out and dropped the left side tank. Clean it well and let the jb weld cure overnight. Once it was reinstalled, I filled the tank and fired up. No priming was necessary.