The sender needs replacing in my fuel tank, but because the part has never been changed in 25 years (age of vehicle), I've been told the tank may crack during the process. Would that mean a new tank, or could it be 'patched up'?
In article , Roclive writes
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If the tank is that bad that it's going to crack then it needs a new tank anyway. If it's the type with the sender unit on the left hand side just above the chassis it can corrode quite badly. In that case soak it well in WD40 the day before you attempt to move it, then gently tap the securing ring anticlockwise, most times they come off easily.
I use GT85, it's much better than WD40
Looking at the GT85 site it doesn't tell you what it is apart from "Professional Spray Maintenance", some nice marketing puff but very few real facts. Strikes me as a variation on WD40. The "About" page has one of the few snippets "Non-sticky Lubrication, Effective Penetrator, Water Displacer, Rustproofer, With PTFE" so that looks like WD40 with added PTFE.
Personally for dry lubrication I'd use a PTFE based thing without the oil(s) that unless they fully evaporate will leave a residue and attract dirt. I have DFL from Electrolube, spray on PTFE that does dry completely in a very short time. For freeing of rusted/seized bits PlusGas is excellent and certainly knocks spots of WD40. At least PlusGas calls itself a "Dismantling Lubricant".
It's a lot better than WD40, it's a bit thicker & leaves a nice finish to metals. I used my BMW bike through the shittest winter weather & salt. It never got washed & all i did was spray it every day after i got home. WEhen i did come to wash it so i could flog it, it was unmakred. I know WDE40 wouldn't have done that.
Isn't that a little Suzuki? :-)
Never seen any PlusGas for years, now I've just bought some a couple of weeks ago from a firm in Denton, Francis Kirk's. It still seems to work ok but it doesn't smell like the old stuff and it's colourless. IIRC the old stuff was red tinted.
LMAO I fleabayed for a price
hehee - not those, not me.
WD40 even. B-) But in the above case you are using GT85 as it is probably intended as a "maintainance spray" not as release agent for corroded/seazed parts which is the orginal part of this thread.
In your case of better protection from GT85 rather than WD40 I'm not overly surprised as GT85 contains PTFE and WD40 doesn't. TBH I don't know what use WD40 has other than a short term, instant fix, on damp ignition systems.
On or around Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:10:27 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice" enlightened us thusly:
more or less, yeah. I use it 'cos I can buy it cheap a dozen cans at a time from one of my suppliers.
smells nicer then WD40, too. As a lubricant, it's about as good, i.e. not very. It's quite good as a penetrant and water dispersant though, and not bad at protecting things from rust due to condensation in the jbexshop.
Ayup, i use it as i would WD40 too. It's superb stuff & unlike WD it wont evaporate. Buy some, you'll be a convert.
But, but, I don't have a use for WD40 let alone a WD40 substitute, even if it's better. B-)
On or around Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:36:37 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice" enlightened us thusly:
dispersing water... it's quite good for protecting bare metal parts in storage from rusting due to dampness in the air, for example.
Which is pretty much what it was designed to do.
I dont have use for a flamethrower, but i want one :)
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