10-01-2023, 01:47 PM
(09-01-2023, 02:07 PM)T1 Terry Wrote: Travelling up and down the bush track from the rear of our block to get to a dirt road (main bitumen road is under water few houses in each direction from our house) has been a bit hard on the under side of the Prius. The end result was the exhaust pipe being pressed up against the plastic fuel tank till if rubbed through the heat shield and melted a hole in the fuel tank ...... time to get the Kombi back on the road ....... another thread for that story
Today I'm attempting to plug the holes. Bought some Dynasteel brand Plastic fuel tank repair stuff, that consists of a log of two types of putty. Cut a bit off and mix it together and ...... yeah, petrol leaking too fast to get the stuff to stick, so a pea size bit jammed into the biggest hole and that slowed the leaking considerably .... but not completely and the putty stuff wouldn't stick. Out with the "Stag" if it seals porous aluminium cases in British motorcycles, it should do the trick. Pasted a nice thick layer over the whole melted bit and bingo, stropped the petrol seeping through ...... now I find out Stag needs 24 hrs min to dry .....To be continued tomorrow it seems ...... I also bought a roll of exhaust wrap to put on the exhaust pipe in the hope that will stop a repeat performance .....
T1 Terry
Seems to have worked. No sign of any leaks through the Stag compound or around the pea size bit I plugged the main hole with, so I mixed up enough putty to make piece to fill over the hollowed out section created by the exhaust pipe.
It seemed to stick to the Stag ok, so wrapped the exhaust in that heat proofing exhaust tape, cable tie each end because I didn't have any of the metal straps on hand, and Margaret and Brian have headed off on the 200km round trip to Adelaide to pick up Victron gear for a job in the workshop and basically shop till they close the last shop before heading home :lol:
I guess I'll get a phone call if the leak starts again, the petrol smell was pretty intense with the fuel dripping onto the exhaust and boiling off .....
T1 Terry