Going to repor the tank tomorrow- advice?

[Superfly]

See, the POR job is not that bad, just gotta follow the directions to the letter, and not be in a hurry!

[Lucky]

I ordered my POR kit yesterday, but have to wait to do it because the tems are still dropping down below 50 at night & my wife won't let the tank in the house.  meanwhile, it's all emptied & taken apart waiting for me...  i hope it warms up soon!!!

[h2olawyer]

. . . a 75 kz 400 that I'm fixing and trading a guy for a target pistol for my girlfriend. . ..

You know, that statement could mean several different things & only one of them won't get YOU killed!   ;D

H2O

[vavision]

haha

Yeah, well this is for her to learn to shoot a gun. Hopefully I'll be fine. If I drop off the board send the cops looking for Monica E. Martinez of Charlottsville Virginia

[ps2/bikevision]

haha

Yeah, well this is for her to learn to shoot a gun. Hopefully I'll be fine. If I drop off the board send the cops looking for Monica E. Martinez of Charlottsville Virginia

Motorplow that would be you. ;D ;D

[h2olawyer]

ROFLMAO!  ;D :D ;D

[MotorPlow]

I'm on it... Already started a file.  Do you think an attorney will be needed?

[vavision]

Ok-

Well the Por held up for almost 3 days. Now all my leaks are back. I don't understand, I followed teh directiosn to the letter. I let it dry a full 100 hours with a blower keeping constant airflow through the tank. Then it worked for 3 days of riding. Now I have the leaks again, sure they're slower but they're going to keep me grounded for awhile.

I emailed Por and I'll call them tomorrow but this is frustrating.

[vavision]

I need to ride the bike home tomorrow so I don't really have the time to do a permanent patch to my pin holes. Is there any kind of tape that will hold well for a day or two against the gas?

[Lucky]

How did you patch the leaks before PORing the tank?

i've used the por patch method: por & por soaked patch cloth. it looked ugly, but held up great..

i doubt any tape will work, the gas will eat the glue, but the 2 part epoxy putty Car Quest & others sell works great & dries in minuets.

--Lucky

[Lucky]

a couple of thoughts:
did you let the tank cool completely before PORing it? if it was still hot from the blowdrier, perhaps it could have contracted as the por was drying..?

you didn't shake the Por tyo mix it did you it must be stirred or you add bubbles which weakens it..

I pored my tank today, it's sitting in my tub now drying. (it's warmer than outside & is out of the way)

--Lucky

[vavision]

Tank was cool because I didn't have the time to roll it after I dried it out.

Definately stirred it- that got beaten into me way before I did it. I used jb weld and there were no leaks during my last rinse.

It held fine for three days, then cut out. I don't understand it. Hopefully the people at POR will set me straight.

[Lucky]

Keep in mind that POR is really intended to protect from rust. it may seal pinhole leaks to a certain degree, but the Metal Prep will show any others that were only held together with rust & paint.  it's a good coating, but like everything else has it's limits.

do a careful exam on the tank, locate any new leaks & use the epoxy putty to seal them, you still should be protected from further rust in the tank, you just missed some 'hidden' rust.  it's also possable that some previous holes were patched with bondo & painted over which may have not shown up before the metal prep...

[ps2/bikevision]

quick fix to get home.   bar of soap and duct tape. works for 4x4's should work for bikes.

[vavision]

ps2- thanks

I got in touch with the guys at POR, they didn't have any answers for me other than buy another kit and try again. They didn't see anything wrong with what I did though, so that's frustrating. I think I'm just going to flush the tank, fill it with an inert gas and close all the leaks with the welder. Then I'm going to take blurred vision's idea and use bondo around the edge to get rid of the stamped look. Then finally repaint.

[Coil Coyle]

VA,

         Honest, a small patch of the Epoxy gas tank putty will fix it in minutes and last for years.
         Ride it this spring and repair/Bondo/paint it next winter.
;)
$0.02
coil

[vavision]

Coil-

This is why it's nice to have two Visions. I can lay this one up for a bit and ride the other, or swap tanks since I really like the bike naked and removing the fairing on the other seems like such a chore.

[npinch]

What size of POR did you guys order and more important what size do i need to order for my 2 Visions. Thanks

[67GTO]

I bought mine from the POR web site. It's the standard motorcycle kit. You will need one kit per tank. Follow directions to the letter!

And don't forget the GLOVES!!