Who has luck relining your own fuel tank?

Did you reline your fuel tank? What did you use and how did it work? My tank does not leak, but im sure it is crusty on the inside. if it is just gunky, can I just clean it and put it back in? Thanks

 

Over the years I have had several tanks cleaned.
I had them pickled (acid dipped) and then Parkerized to inhibit rust.
I have never used any of the so called sealers. Most sealers come loose eventually.

 

ive learned sealer just comes loose and is worst than having a rusty tank. and if u acid clean it, and dont seal it its just as rusty in 24 hours. i just take the tank and roll it around/shake it. with degreaser and put nuts in it to knock off chunks of crap. then flush the crap out of it. then put gas in it. its not clean enough to drink out of. but the fuel comes out clean!

 

Take it to a radiator shop and have it hot tanked. Many shops will coat it for you as well. Otherwise I have used eastwood tank sealer several times and never had a problem.

 

The old method was to put some chain inside the tank and roll it around. It gets noisy, etc (one method is tie the tank to a small cement mixer) but the chain inside the tank eventually knocks off all the crusty bits.

Then leak test it - some crud/scale may have been the only thing stopping a leak, and now that it's clean you may have issues.

 

POR sells a kit. If you follow the direction carefully it seems to work. I say seems to because I did mine about two years ago and so far it has been fine. I did add a few rocks (since I have a rock lawn they were easily available) during the flushing stage to loosen up the rust.

 

I used the kit from Eastwood to clean/ seal the tank on my '54. That was about 4 years ago and I haven't had any issues as of yet.

 

I cut a window into them about 10" x 10" and sandblasted the entire inside. Then I go through the relining steps and use a por-15 kit. It has worked real well on the ones I have done. My dad and brother both have them in cars for 8-10 years without a problem.

 

caswell has the best sealer on the market-check it out

 

I modify my stock tanks often by welding on sumps to them. I am afraid of rust. If the tank is rust free I do my best to make sure and clean it according to the instructions of the product, and if it's rusty most radiator shops can clean the rust out for you. I have used "northern fuel tank liner" many times with no problem but follow the instructions on cleaning the tank. I also do my tanks in the winter that way they can cure for a long time before they are put back into use.