Life expectancy of original ABS gas tank?
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Do the (factory) ABS tanks start breaking down given enough time? Do they become 'weaker' and more prone to crack? Reason for asking, I suddenly realized today the 36 gallon tank I have from a '76 Ramcharger is almost 50 yrs old. It was last used back about '98 and has been sitting empty in storage since then. I need to get rid of it, but don't want to sell someone a potential hazard. Anyone? (and no, this is not a for sale ad, so don't turn it into one ) Thanks!
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Re: Life expectancy of original ABS gas tank?
[Re: SattyNoCar]
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Do the (factory) ABS tanks start breaking down given enough time? Do they become 'weaker' and more prone to crack? Reason for asking, I suddenly realized today the 36 gallon tank I have from a '76 Ramcharger is almost 50 yrs old. It was last used back about '98 and has been sitting empty in storage since then. I need to get rid of it, but don't want to sell someone a potential hazard. Anyone? (and no, this is not a for sale ad, so don't turn it into one ) Thanks! Google want ads for '91 ~ '93 Ramcharger tanks. LOTS of wants, no supply. My hemi Ramcharger tank is cracked out to the point of uselessness. 2¢
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Re: Life expectancy of original ABS gas tank?
[Re: earlymopar]
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I would doubt that your factory tank is made from ABS. Most fuel tanks are made from HDPE or High Density Poly Ethylene. I tried googling it before posting my question, and kept coming up with ABS. Perhaps it would have been better if I just said 'plastic'?? Thanks for the replies.
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Re: Life expectancy of original ABS gas tank?
[Re: SattyNoCar]
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I always wondered if it was the pressure from the metal straps causing the cracking.
Facts are stubborn things.
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Re: Life expectancy of original ABS gas tank?
[Re: 1969ronnie]
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John if I came across an uncracked tank I would probably take a chance on it if the price was right…….but I would also not expect it to last very long. When I built my 76 True Spirit about 15 years ago I could not find a tank that wasn’t cracked and I looked at a bunch of them. I’m in Arizona and besides age I suspect the high temperature and extremely low humidity also plays a part in the deterioration. “…..LOTS of wants, no supply……” Yeah same problem I ran into when I did my truck. I ended finding an aluminum fuel cell that I could adapt to the factory hangers. I ended up using flexible fuel fill hose to connect it to the factory fill and adapted it for the factory sender/pickup. It worked well, but I did lose some capacity. Just throwing that out for the people who are desperate. Cell install 1 by M Patterson, on Flickr .
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Re: Life expectancy of original ABS gas tank?
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Didn't think about the ethanol issue. When did they start using that crap? Early 2000's? If that's the case, this tank has never seen it. Extreme desert heat is another good point. I'm in TX, but where its humid. Tank has, for the most part, been inside out of the sun for the last 20 yrs. Thanks guys.
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Re: Life expectancy of original ABS gas tank?
[Re: SattyNoCar]
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Well supposedly all the plastic floating in the ocean will last millions of years so you should be good to go!
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Re: Life expectancy of original ABS gas tank?
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I live in the hot dry high desert and have owned a lot of the tin grills including my 73 W200 that my dad bought new. I've only had maybe one tank crack and that was at the filler neck.
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Re: Life expectancy of original ABS gas tank?
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I have never had a bad plastic tank in any of the 72-87 trucks, ramchargers, etc.
But I have had to find tanks for 88-93 before. Not sure what they did, but something was definitely better on the earlier tanks.
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