I was denting my tank and it got like three lil tiny holes on the cave'in part I've been trying to find someone to weld it but everyone is like I dont want to blow up type **** and I told people that its been dried out....... some people told me that I could go to autozone and buy some sort of sealer or something but i thought gas would eat things up........

 

Try putting something over the holes.... like that **** u put when theres a whole on the wall... and the try to sand the tank alittle by where theres a hole and try to put on JB Weld.... they seel it in discount Auto Parts or Auto Zone i think..... it should hold but not sure just give it a try....

 

see I was thinking jb to but read that gas will eat that **** over time

 

jb weld. it will proly take gas a long time to eat through it and when it does just do it again.

 

would bondo work if I jb it first

 

dude... jb weld it. end of story

 

Jb's still holdin' strong on mine.

 

if you take the fuel pump out and hose the tank out with water it is perfectly safe to weld

 

and thats what ive told people but they dont want to listen I dont want a half *** job

 

bring the tank with you and stand there with a lighter lit in the fuel pump hole.....lol

 

def get it welded....i just went through this ****....but take it to somone who knows what they are doing because if they dont do it right they will burn straight through the tank...

 

Most welders still will not mess with it... There could still be fumes (Not saying always but there is always a slight chance it could still have some and for that small off a job its not worth it to anyone.. It would be maybe $10 of work with a chance of blowing up if some dumb *** kid did not clean it out right.

They dont care Lol Most will only cut/weld on something if it has been cut up... No Chance of fumes building up that way.l

+1 Its thin and some dumb *** with a mig will burn it up like its paper... Besides everything else i said i still agree take the time and find someone who knows what they are doing and will take the time to do it.. I would not 1/2 *** the job or you will just have to come back and redo it. There may not be many that will... But you will find someone Pay the dude good though!

 

JB WELD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! thats it. DO IT!

 

the metal on those tanks are thin as hell and a mig will burn even more holes in it hahaha. I JB weleded a few pin holes in mine and let it cure for a long *** time (3 months while it was at the paint shop) and haven't had any problems with it. Best thing to do before welding it is to run exhaust through the tank for a few minutes, this will make it so there are no more flammable fumes in there.

 

You can weld a tank just fine if you know what you are doing..

 

welded mine with a mig no biggy , i rinsed it with water and went to town , it's so small that once the cap and pump are out of it and it's been rinsed with water there really isnt any way there could be fumes left in it

 

I know you can weld a tank, but I am saying that on 05/06 636's, the metal is VERY thin and is not something that average joe can do. The spot i tried to weld on mine was so thin that just the arc was putting holes in it.

 

Im just going by what i have always been told by People who weld for a living (I help manage a family owned steel yard/welding supply company) .. I would weld it i welded mine But most will not weld anything that has held gas of any type.

 

a 50 gallon tank can be hard to rinse out and i understand some one not wanting to deal with that but 5 gallon tank is so small and easy to rinse i cant see it being a problem but ya some people are just dead set against it ...

i used to weld tanks for roll offs and dump trucks and we would just keep the tank full of argon , never had a problem

 

Pretty much all i had ever messed with was bigger tanks... But when i was trying to find someone to weld my tank up for me i was told by all of are welders that they wont do it with out it being cut.. But im sure its just up to the person ... Hell my step dads brother welds pipe lines while they are still on fire