Fuel Tank Interior Liner/Coating

[dalfo002]

This may not be the proper category for this discussion but can anyone offer any personal experiences or recommendations with fuel tank liners or coatings?

The products i have come across so far are Damon Industries Red-Kote, Kreem Fuel Tank Liner, POR-15 Fuel Tank Sealer, and Caswell Gas Tank Sealer.  I have not managed to find anything comparable in the local brick-and-mortars so I figured I would turn to you all for some feedback before taking a crack at this and ordering.  Just some background before anyone says to change the tank rather than use a liner, the tank does not leak but I want to try and coat the interior to delay the inevitable.  Both of the scoots i'm working on were left for extended periods of time with what became a very nasty slurry in the tanks, after cleaning them out i want to prevent that from happening again.

[Upgrayedd]

I used 1 bottle of Kreem on an old rusty tank (about a 3 gallon tank) years back. It worked OK.. that tank was a mess really and idk how much that led to this but: with that one, i had ongoing issues of it shedding pieces of liner, which would jam up my fuel filter. And that tank still had a couple tiny leaks near the petcock, barely leaked... which was better than the dozens of leaks it had prior to the Kreem.

In hindsight, I probably should have done a better job at prepping that tank before lining it. Probably would put down a thicker line in a smaller tank too.

[2TDave]

Someone here recently coated their tank so hopefully they will respond. I think with any tank if fuel is left sitting it's going to cause problems. Why not drain the tank if you plan on storing the scoot. A coating in the tank won't save the carb.

[dalfo002]

Thanks for the quick feedback guys. As far as draining the tanks that is probably best idea for long term storage, but i do live in a VERY wet environment so these seemingly low-grade steel tanks may not even survive the air around these parts.

[Upgrayedd]

Apr 19, 2014 16:29:06 GMT -5 dalfo002 said:

Thanks for the quick feedback guys. As far as draining the tanks that is probably best idea for long term storage, but i do live in a VERY wet environment so these seemingly low-grade steel tanks may not even survive the air around these parts.

well if yer gonna store one for awhile, you can always turn off the petcock, drain the carbs, fill the gas tank to the brim with some non-ethanol gas, and add some stabilizer to it. i'd rather have the tank full for storage than empty too, i would fill a crankcase to the brim with oil for long term storage also.

idk if id want to run the gas in my scooter though after months of setting up. id likely drain it and use it in a car or something where it would mix in with a much larger tank of fresh fuel. and then put some fresh gas in my scooter.