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Originally posted by Fenderuk Fenderuk wrote:

I still have no luck on finding out what the switch does, i have also just realised that when i fill the petrol tank up by half full it leaks, so jacking it up this weekend and am going to repair it with petrol patch, fingers crossed it will work..As a new tank from bmw is £591+Vat..Petrol patch is about £5.99..Try that first..


Hey Fenderuk

How did this go? If you can believe it, the same thing has happened on my 7...not sure how, I think the mechanic bottomed the car on something!
I can see that there are clear scratch marks on the botom and what looks like 2 clear holes on the bottom of the tank...
Do you know of anything that I can use to repair this?

Thanks so much...

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Yeah you can buy petropatch which seals holes in tanks, just brush it on, hope that helps..
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Hi Beema

I got this from a 7 series site I'm on ...

Originally posted by some other 7 series site I'm on <IMG src=smileys/biggrin1.gif border=0>...,Jun 3 2008, 04:43 PM some other 7 series site I'm on ...,Jun 3 2008, 04:43 PM wrote:

Hi all: Found this,dont know if it works as I havent tried it.

 http://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/Restom-Pet...Tank-Sealer.php

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Sounds/looks similar to how my mechanic described what he put on my car when he fixed it about a year ago but at that time is was 'top secret'  and had no labels on the box! Tank still OK

 

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Hi Jack

Do you have to remove the tank to apply this stuff? It looks like a real pain to remove the petrol tank on my car! This is where all the cost of repairing it goes app...on the tank removal. The actual fix costs like 35 pounds!

I have tried some steel epoxy putty. It app bonds to steel and when it dries, it is as hard as steel and can be sanded, ground or psinted. So I mixed it together and worked it in with my fingers and let it dry. I think that it is harder than the steel that it is bonding too! I will try putting fuel in the car tonight and see what happens!

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Hi can anyone tell me if my private number plate is worth anything? i have a bmw 740 and the plate reads m740 vyg ...And if anyone wants to make me an offer.
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Originally posted by BeemaBoy BeemaBoy wrote:

Hi Jack

Do you have to remove the tank to apply this stuff? It looks like a real pain to remove the petrol tank on my car! This is where all the cost of repairing it goes app...on the tank removal. The actual fix costs like 35 pounds!

I have tried some steel epoxy putty. It app bonds to steel and when it dries, it is as hard as steel and can be sanded, ground or psinted. So I mixed it together and worked it in with my fingers and let it dry. I think that it is harder than the steel that it is bonding too! I will try putting fuel in the car tonight and see what happens!

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Hi BB

My mechanic was able to drop the tank enough to get the fix on.

 

Don’t know if you're aware that our tank is made of a top half and a bottom half stuck together.  My leak was at the seam. 

 

So I suppose the answer is that the tank will drop enough so that you can reach at least half way although I don’t know what, or how much, he had to loosen.  Sorry I cant be more specific.

 

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