Tank liner went bad!!!

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Getting ready for upcoming shows I cranked up the A and headed out to the yard for a quick shower.  Made it to the middle of the shed door when it died and you only crank a few times before breathlessly checking for symptoms.  Opened up gas cap and the tank liner looked like cob webs in a haunted house.  I only assume it was the Kreem liner or similar product and it was white and hard as a rock before.  The liner was installed 13 years ago and was fine until recently.  It has never had ethenol in the tank, I've only used 92 octane premium gasoline.  The only thing I've done different is last fall I put Sta-bil in the fuel, and it was fine then.  Is Sta-bil that agressive, the Kreem type liner prone to breaking down, or a combination of high octane and Sta-bil, or just not my day?

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JW in MO Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 16 Feb 2010 Location: South KC Area Points: 2649	Post Options Post Reply Quote JW in MO Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Tank liner went bad!!! Posted: 07 Jun 2012 at 2:31pm
	Getting ready for upcoming shows I cranked up the A and headed out to the yard for a quick shower. Made it to the middle of the shed door when it died and you only crank a few times before breathlessly checking for symptoms. Opened up gas cap and the tank liner looked like cob webs in a haunted house. I only assume it was the Kreem liner or similar product and it was white and hard as a rock before. The liner was installed 13 years ago and was fine until recently. It has never had ethenol in the tank, I've only used 92 octane premium gasoline. The only thing I've done different is last fall I put Sta-bil in the fuel, and it was fine then. Is Sta-bil that agressive, the Kreem type liner prone to breaking down, or a combination of high octane and Sta-bil, or just not my day?
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injpumpEd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Walnut IL Points: 5073	Post Options Post Reply Quote injpumpEd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jun 2012 at 2:44pm
	I had Kreem lift on the aluminum tanks of all 3 of my JR Dragsters. But they run on methanol. Was ok for a year or two.
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TREVMAN Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 04 Jan 2010 Location: Regina,Sask,Can Points: 1635	Post Options Post Reply Quote TREVMAN Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jun 2012 at 6:42pm
	Ive only used tank liner twice, the first and the last time. I have no faith in the stuff, I think it causes more problems than potentially it could fix, just my opinion, Trev.

Stan R Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 03 Dec 2009 Location: MA Points: 972	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stan R Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jun 2012 at 8:47pm
	I know there has been a lot of successes with gas tank liners, but being a Chemical Engineer and knowing how aggressive organics can be to plastics, epoxies, etc., I'm a believer of good old fashioned steel to contain gasoline. For instance, at one of our manufacturing sites, we had a 10,000 gallon fiberglass tank that was specified to contain propylene glycol (and warranted by the manufacturer), however, within a year or so, the tank leached out epoxy components into the glycol which was used in pharmaceutical manufacturing. After a lot of analysis, it turned out that one minor additive at a very small concentration within the glycol caused this failure.