Dented Fuel Tank

We have just bought a CHR Mack for the farm.She should tidy up OK but has a couple of dents in the left side aluminium fuel tank.Is it possible to get them straightend, or buy a new tank

Ronny G

Gudday M8

Wot eye twould suggest ifn U dun wanna newer tank
Make sure u're life insurance iz fully paid up

Depend n on dents
n how sharp the crease iz
blank off all hose connections
place air fitting
inflate with a gauge Guessn 50psi
wak around the dent wiff a rubber mallet
1 of 3 things could happen

<1> the dent is fixd n removed
<2> the dent jist looks the same
<3> the ambulance iz on its way

Probly bettr to bung up sum pix

BestoLuckO

cya

If you go to 50psi I know you will be able to fit more fuel in it after, it may look like a wine barrel and the ends rounded as well
Colin

Rather than filling with air, use water and then pressurise it.

Water being incompressible won't explode like air.

When gas cylinders are tested they use water for that reason.

Basically I would do what Swishy said but try at a lower pressure with water and work your way up if needed.

Depending on the thickness of the tank material, a plumbers plunger will work wonders...

I have heard of guy's with round tanks having an end removed and re-rolling but I've also heard a common fix was to remove it and refit it end for end, putting the dent on the inside. Probably not possible on all round tanks without some welding.

Cant turn around mack tank or Kenworth tanks because of were the pick ups are

I have heard of guy's with round tanks having an end removed and re-rolling but I've also heard a common fix was to remove it and refit it end for end, putting the dent on the inside. Probably not possible on all round tanks without some welding.

...g'day dno .. we did that end for end, but also side for side (for the fittings to work more easily on dual tanks) back when the painted steel tanks were all about...especially the Whites

Wouldn't it be best to call the ambulance first?

Then fill it with air.

...g'day dno .. we did that end for end, but also side for side (for the fittings to work more easily on dual tanks) back when the painted steel tanks were all about...especially the Whites

I've seen plenty of tanks used as wheel chocks by bad operators over the years, the plastic cab tanks used to cop a flog'n too.