Wednesday, 29 July 2020

Oil Tank Repair

Another task today was to repair the oil tank, the outlet nozzle was cracked where it joined the main body of the tank.
Whoever repaired it before used a kind of resin which was leaking, I removed the resin, cleaned the area with brake fluid and "welded" some plastic into the area to seal it. I used a sliver of plastic from a coolant overflow tank, which obviously wont be using and melted that with a soldering iron!
 
While welding the area I left a screwdriver stuck in the nozzle so that the area would retain its normal shape and not deform with the heat.

The job is perfect, I tested it for a water leak over a few hours and it aint leaking!!
 


 

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