coating fueltanks

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SW does carry it.... but still in a 5 gallon kit. My 29 year old un-coated aluminum gas tank was in good shape except on the bottom were someone had placed 5 rubber adhesive strip's. When I inspected the tank I peeled off the rubber strip's and there was severe pitting under them. Thats the only place there was pitting on the whole tank. Pascoe on his web site says that rubber has carbon in it which will react with the aluminum....He is right!
I'm not sure if it's really necessary to coat an aluminum tank with anything. As long as your tank is made of high quality materials by someone certified to do so and you install it in a way that it is not in constant contact with water and gets good ventilation they will last the life of the boat. That said I went ahead and coated my new tank with coal tar... I figured what the heck it cant hurt to do so. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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