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Fuel tank drilling fire.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...212#post184737
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...254#post188410
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...556#post132395
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...732#post159643
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...286#post192227
oopsie - who would have thought drilling into a metal gas tank with a metal bit would catch fire?
EVERYONE WATCHING THE VIDEO...
And using an electric drill...
needed the brushless motor type of drill!
If you must drill a hole in a fuel tank use a pneumatic drill...
Yep, it was probably the sparks from the carbon brushes that started the fire. But if the purpose was to poke a hole in the tank to drain it even it was a metal tank, I don't know why he was drilling a hole instead of using a punch and a hammer, brass or aluminum if was worried about a spark,Quote:
Originally Posted by that_other_guy
Most fuel tanks these days are HDPE...
For HDPE a simple and brace and bit will do the job, or a sharpened pike or a pickax works for all of themQuote:
Originally Posted by IntheGroove
Yeah, but people are gonna be talking about this around town for years to come. If they hadn't burned the place down and done it on camera, even, who's gonna remember that time Bubba drained a gas tank and nothing happened? My favorite part is when the fat, shirtless guy came running out. What was he doing? Why was he shirtless? So many unanswered questions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
Where was the local news team when some quick lube shop needed to be exposed for drilling holes in fuel tanks?! Seemed like the shirtless guy was the next in line to get his truck fuel tank drained. Maybe that’s a service they are selling these days? Always pushing something new…
And there is always someone making a video of things
I have always just used a sharp center punch. If you plan to reinstall the tank, it even make the hole much easier to braze shut as the edges are flared into the tank so you have more surface to braze. (Of course this is AFTER you have cleared the tank of fumes.)
An even better way, you have to disconnect the fuel lines anyway to remove the tank, use an electric fuel pump to drain it. Any auto repair shop, doing that kind of work, should certainly have one.
Show this to that new brand of their stealing gas from parked vehicles!
they already know how to do it..Quote:
Originally Posted by howder51
In automotive engineering and technology books, the section that covers everything fuel related, you will be amazed at the numbers of WARNING/ DANGER/ CAUTIOUS, in capital red print, and makes you wonder and ask: Are they really exaggerating?