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Umpteenth Thread about Por15

cowboyup3371

cowboyup3371

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Charmayne noticed a strong gas smell coming from the bike last weekend and asked me about it. When I looked, I found I have a slight weep coming from the right rear seam. It's not dripping but I can rub my finger along the tank and it will come away wet. I also saw some bubbles on the paint in that same area. I ordered the Por-15 motorcycle fuel tank repair kit on Friday with the hope it will be here before next weekend.

The instructions I found on their site seem pretty straight forward and I have read through some threads here but I still have a couple of questions.

Do I have to rinse out any gas from the tank after I drain it before I pour in the cleaner degreaser mixture?

Should I find some sort of plug for the petcock hole while I'm using the metal prep and sealer?
 
cowboyup3371 said:
Should I find some sort of plug for the petcock hole while I'm using the metal prep and sealer?
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It will completely clog a petcock, 100%. Or anything else.
Use a metal or wood cover, inner tube rubber gasket, put screws in the holes, and take them out before the sealer dries. If not you may as well weld them in place. Same thing with the lid on the can, if you seal it up tight it won't open again. We used a ziplock each time to keep the lid from sticking to the can, that way we got about five or six gas tanks out of it. Maybe pouring it out into a clean glass jar would make more sense.

Slosh it around and pour it back out, most of it comes out again.
Don't get it on the paint.

I thought the directions covered all of this.
 
The instructions on the site don't so I'll have to see what the ones with the can say.

So a thin piece of wood with screw holes will work just fine; cool. If I need to pull them out before it dries then it sounds like I coat it, let it sit for a couple of minutes, then remove them?
 
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