Anyone else here had a fuel tank on their 4th gen crack?

Last weekend I put my car up on the lift at my friends shop to weld a new resonator on it (old one is rattling from the inside.. too much bottoming out). As I'm about to start cutting *sniff sniff* I smell fuel! Didnt see any fuel on the tank until I got out a flashlight and inspection mirror... to my dismay I found a hairline crack on top wet with fuel

My car is a Florida car that has never seen a bit of salt, but has been lowered for like 5 years now.

I plan to use POR-15 fueltank sealer on it (its a weekend process you gotta drop the tank, strip it... etc) In the meantime I have to listen to my resonator rattle uuugh.

Anyway something to look out for guys



[Modified by GimpyAccord, 4:30 PM 9/3/2002]

 

damn. has it ever been in an accident?

 

not to my knowledge! i've owned it for 5 years now... certainly not since i've owned it. carfax is clean too even though that doesnt mean much

 

talk about bottoming out...

 

watch out for those cinderblocks in the road

 

what is that pic centered on?

 

Is the crack on the top or bottom of the tank?

 

top, about 3 inches left of the fuelpump/sender hole.

 

Oh okay. How did you find the crack again? By dropping the whole tank or just taking off the fuel pump cover? Why would you do any of this for a resonator anyway? 'Cause of the smell of gas I guess?

 

My resonator has bottomed out one too many times and is rattling internally. Its driving me CRAZY and makes my 1500 dollar car sound like a 5 dollar car.

As I was about to weld a new one in place my friend smelled the fumes.

I just mirrored it through the cover and could barely just see the flashlight through it.

To be honest I could careless about the crack, but welding around it seems unwise.. I don't know seems unprudent to just forget about it too.

edit: my car has 257,000 miles on it now... perhaps they're finally starting to show


[Modified by GimpyAccord, 5:45 PM 9/3/2002]

 

though OT, the picture I posted is of my B pipe. nice huh?

edit: see below.


[Modified by greensleeper, 12:50 PM 9/3/2002]

 

B pipe, my friend. And that is what mine looked like for a long time. Replace it and get back the power you deserve.