Rant......Pre assembled fuel tanks.

[kork]

Rob, I think you right ..
Knowing all fitting and seals are done the way you want them is enough by itself.

 

[Robotech]

To be honest, the only tank leaks I have seen in the last 3 years are water bottle tanks. Doesn't mean jack though as there are so many variables the first of which is who built the tank.

 

[stangflyer]

Knowing all fitting and seals are done the way you want them is enough by itself.

Copy that!!!

 

[Bunky.F.Knuckle]

I have never used an expensive cap. Never will either.

 

[flycanic]

Tank preference? What ever you like. I prefer the 4titude tanks many of them in all different size Birds and have never had one leak. In fact last year I put new lines in the 16 oz. 4titude tank I have in my 30% Pilot Yak and did not use any new sealant on the cap. I leave the gas in the tank and
it has not leaked a drop for over a year BELIEF IT OR NOT ALL MY GASSERS HAVE 4TITUDE TANKS, and I drive a Ford FWIW

 

[Mikeq]

I use to drive Fords but got tired of all the trips to the shop...got a Tundra new in 2010 and that baby has 318000 miles and still going strong. Nothing but oil changes and routine maintenance....just put my 6th set of tires on her.
Oh and my ARF tank still doesn't leak....Tony wouldn't send out tanks in Pilots that were prone to leak....

 

[flycanic]

@Mikeq You must do quite a few road trips? over 60,000 a year is a lot My 99 has 583,00 and All I have done is One injector and two sets of glow plugs due to the extreme cold in MT. Wyo. ND , and SD. As a diesel Mech I do all my own repairs

 

[Mikeq]

Don't get me wrong I'm not bad mouthing Ford it's just I got a lemon on the last Ford I bought...I travel all of Arkansas, Northern Louisiana, Eastern Oklahoma and extreme Southern Missouri oh and an occasional trip to Memphis..last year I logged almost 78,000 miles. My wife has been buying Toyota for years and absolutely loves them so I thought I would give them a try and I have to say it's been the best vehicle I have ever owned. I have owned many Fords and Chevy's and there have been some good ones but none of them even come close to this Tundra I currently own. The dealer told me I could get 400 + thousand no problem and I guess he was right.

 

[Vital-Rc]

Terry if you want to build a tank I have parts in stock , all made in the USA . Give me a call if you want to try them out , I have water bottles to just tell me a size you need . I experimented with the large mouth PET bottles for years , I never could get the results I was 100% after so I went back to water bottles .

Fittings :
http://www.vital-rc.com/store/c2/Fuel_Fittings.html

Fuel line (made in Taiwan )
http://www.vital-rc.com/fuel-line.html

 

[Terryscustom]

I've made my own tanks for years using PSP caps. On the prebuilt ones its always the cap that fails. Fiji bottles last for years and years with the right cap. When doing an ARF I like to cheat and go prebuilt, just bitten three times in the last two years so I'm done being lazy is what I was getting at.