MIG welding a fuel tank - will I die?

[purplevanman]

^^^ thats the stuff !!

Lewis,
ours is the same, don't get used to it though as it has been banned so it's just a matter of time till you can't get it anymore only problem is nothing else compares when it comes to degreasing :/

[BenzBoy]

There was a guy in the States who had used carb cleaner containing Trike to clean a panel before welding. He seriously messed himself up (permanently!) as the heat from the welding struck the cleaner and created a cloud of Phosgene. There was a thread on here about it some while ago with a link to his blog. Really scary stuff.

[mdh]

I welded a Dolly Sprint tank once.

It was washed and aired out for months.

As soon as I touched it with hte welder it caught fire!

I discovered that I can do the 100m quicker than that Bolt bloke! ;D

[sheffieldcortinacentre]

used to work with this stuff in the 80's degreaseing stainless cutlery in heated tanks with extracters & its not flameable but is evil stuff.

[pantera2075]

Here's how I got the GTM tank to use the pump and sender from the MR2.
Note flat topped tank: (Not a brilliant pic.)

Filled with water, with a lot of fairy liquid in it, then used an old SU fuel pump to circulate in the vent tube and out of the feed for half an hour into a bucket - so any petrol sat on top of the water reservoir - no chance due to the fairy liquid.
Grinder action, and a bit of fitting later:

Much more work later, including a sump for the pump, internal coating with POR and a nice lick of paint:


And i'm a health and safety officer/advisor.

Just be uber careful.