Do Benjies tanks come ready?

[68riviera430]

I have been looking at some BCR fiberglass gas tanks, does anyone know if they come ready as far as not needing to put any sort of sealant inside to protect from gas etc.

 

[Swapmeet Louie]

Why not get your info directly from the source...? Hear-say is content for female conversation , haha

me: Hey, do you know what time such-n-such opens?

Wife: No, but a friend told me 9.

Me: sitting in front of such-n-such till they open @ 10

ha ha, lame......

 

[hedrives]

You need to seal them before use. Benjie supplies the petcock, but you buy the sealer.

It is one messy job and MUST be done with ventilation. Here is what Benjie sent to me about sealers:
"And the inside of the tank you have to coat it with a gas tank sealer. This is the sealer we use and recommend.

http://www.hirschauto.com/prodinfo.asp?number=GTS&variation=PINT

We used to use Por-15, caswell and kreme, but due to the ethanol additiive, this is the only one that i think works well with ethanol."

My tank is at the painter right now, so will know how this turns out soon.

brad in Hugetown

 

[JA-Moo]

Caswell also has a ethanol resistant coating. 2 part so it sets up reasomably fast. And it comes in quarts.....

 

[rockcitycafe]

hirsch has been shown to fail on glass tanks with ethanol gas

 

[bryantr]

For those who are curious how much ethanol is in their gas, Mike Wells (from Mike Wells Racing) was telling me how to do this the other day. Kentucky state law doesn't require gas stations to tell you if they use ethanol in their gas and the percentages some are using are really high...which some of these older machines don't like too much.


Test gasoline for ethanol

Can't get it to embed but I'm on my phone so here's a link.

 

[hedrives]

hirsch has been shown to fail on glass tanks with ethanol gas

I really hate to hear that.
Any back up?

 

[turbojet]

Benjie is building a tank for me at the moment. He recommended the caswell 2 part stuff. He can coat it for you for a fee.