Whats the deal with leaking petrol tanks really?

[Deleted member 3649]

I've been to a few scrappys and on nearly all of the 19's I've seen they all have shitty filler pipes / errosion around the tanks neck?

Whats the deal?

 

[Chris H]

its metal its exposed, it rusts.

main corrosion areas, the seam where the 2 halves are spot welded together.

The filler stud water gets under the rubber and corrodes it

Top of tank the little screw pin that holds ther wiring/pipe channel in.

 

[Neal R19]

aye, those little stud things are a bitch. there are several of those on the bottom of the floorpan which the fuel line clips thread onto. all but one of them came away in my hand when I was sorting the underside of mine!

 

[Deleted member 3649]

Yeah but bloody hell! How long do manufacturers expect the cars to last? 5 years?

 

[bidderman1969]

they aint daft, they know they'll have to be replaced, lol