making a fuel tank

anonymous · Post by **anonymous** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 11:57 pm

Am thinking of making my own fuel tank ( of fiberglass and epoxy). Any good threads out there on the subject? thanks.

UncleRalph · Post by **UncleRalph** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 9:08 am

You might want to read this guys experience: http://egyptian.net/~raymacke/ Specifically pages 17,18, 27 and 36.

The bottom line is that much gasoline has some portion of ethanol in it and epoxy is not compatible with ethanol. After reading his experiences I would not do it.

Ralph

tobolamr · Post by **tobolamr** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 5:20 pm

There is a fellow here who does custom aluminum fabrication, though... If you're interested, please let us know and I will post a link to his web site for you.

Rick · Post by **Rick** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 12:06 am

Leif Yeckley wrote:Am thinking of making my own fuel tank ( of fiberglass and epoxy). Any good threads out there on the subject? thanks.

Epoxy tanks are compatible with diesel fuel. How about repowering your OB17 with a big ol' Caterpilar?

tech_support · Post by **tech_support** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 6:34 pm

Now that would be interesting. I wish I could put a small diesel in my PH16, with a jet drive

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