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    Fix It Again Tomorrow

    Last year it was a rust leaky sump.

    This year it's a rust leaky petrol tank.

    Much more exciting.

    £25 worth of petrol dripped away since I filled it up last weekend.

    Deep joy.

    That's about 75% of the value of the car gone, then.

    #2
    Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
    Last year it was a rust leaky sump.

    This year it's a rust leaky petrol tank.

    Much more exciting.

    £25 worth of petrol dripped away since I filled it up last weekend.

    Deep joy.

    That's about 75% of the value of the car gone, then.
    The joys of bangernomics!
    How easy is it to get hold of a scrappers fuel tank and swap it out?
    What kind of vehicle are you driving? - I've never come across a leaking PT - you sure its not a tank seal or fuel pipe problem ?
    How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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      #3
      Could you not just weld it up?
      Just saying like.

      where there's chaos, there's cash !

      I could agree with you, but then we would both be wrong!

      Lowering the tone since 1963

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        #4
        Originally posted by Arturo Bassick View Post
        Could you not just weld it up?
        WHS definitely
        Coffee's for closers

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          #5
          Originally posted by zeitghost
          It's a Seicento.

          I've never had a leaky sump before.

          I've never had a leaky petrol tank before.

          What sort of baked bean can are they making this stuff out of?
          Baked bean cans don't leak.

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            #6
            Originally posted by zeitghost
            It's a Seicento.

            I've never had a leaky sump before.

            I've never had a leaky petrol tank before.

            What sort of baked bean can are they making this stuff out of?
            I've never heard of a Seicento, but judging by the name and the shoddy petrol tank, I'd guess it was Italian.

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              #7
              Originally posted by zeitghost
              I'd have to rent some oxyactetylene bottles.
              arc weld it
              Coffee's for closers

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                #8
                Originally posted by zeitghost
                Nah.

                Known problem*.

                £83 for a new tank.

                *Except by me.
                I see what you mean

                How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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                  #9
                  Just drive it round-and-round Tesco's car park until somebody backs out of a space in front of you.

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                    #10
                    Yesterday I had to patch my central heating flue with fire clay and baking foil where the "stainless steel" had corroded through. All part of life's rich tapestry for old cheapskates like us.
                    bloggoth

                    If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
                    John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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