Posted by rad on July 25, 2013 at 07:53:50 from (134.134.137.75):
In Reply to: gas tank repair posted by Martin Caldwell on July 25, 2013 at 07:13:00:
Background: I have to tell you that I had a tank fabricated out of mild steel for a sail boat that had to be modified after it was filled once with diesel. the tank was emptied of fuel and the fabricator claimed to have flushed it with CO2 before proceeding to work on it. Unfortunately it blew up causing serious injury to the fabricator. So yo might say I am a bit gun shy.
That said, I would consider working on a tank if I could fill it with water such that only a small volumn around the repair site was open. Additionally I would put dry ice into the water. This will minimize the volumn of fumes taht could esxpolode and the presence of the dry ice will generate CO2 to displace the fumes with an inert gas.
Please be careful, the results of accidently blowing up the tank can be very serious.
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