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Old 05-13-2023, 05:40 PM   #6
koliver
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I had a similar slow leak, Once located. I could keep it under control with a 4l jug as a catching tray under the low point of the tank.

I had more trouble getting a home for the fuel that I had to remove than with the repair, but in that process, siphoning the fuel out the fill, I was able to see the rate of dripping into the tray reduce gradually as its level dropped, so I knew, by the time I had all I could siphon out of the tank, that the leak was from the low point of the tank. Had the dripping stopped higher up I would have known what level to look for the leak.

When I learned the cost to replace, I looked into repair. I used a product from:
Belzona 1111 - BELZONA
I also cut an inspection hole first, then a larger hole to allow the repair, and closed the hole with a product from: https://www.seabuilt.com/about.php

I had a guy sent by the Belzona Co, as I had no experience with the product.
He was bulkier than me, so I ended up doing about 2/3 of the "in the tank" work, once I had seen what he was doing.

In total I spent $3500 Cdn and the repair worked.
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