Hi Paul,
I had the same thing happen with a steel tank. One of the baffles was
completely loose & just sliding around at random. I think the baffles
are just spot welded in place & occasionally come loose.
As you say, not much room to work. I think the choices are to live with
it, cut the tank open - repair - reweld tank, or replace the tank. Many
radiator shops will repair fuel tanks. It may be less frustration to
just replace the tank. Not pleasant choices. You can try pushing the
baffle out of the way which may help for a while. I replaced the tank.
Dave Russell
BN2
Paul Baker wrote:
> I posted a question on the list a few days ago as my fuel gauge would
> not read below half a tank and received many suggestions. On
> examination it appears that the gauge and sender unit were working
> fine but I found that a baffle plate inside the tank (about 8-10
> inches square)had wedged inself under the sender unit float - hence
> it would not read less than half. The tank is the aluminium version
> of the standard BJ8 tank and is not foam filled.
>
> Now the question is how did this baffle come free, assuming its not
> supposed to roam free inside the tank, and how do I get it back where
> it should be given the opening via the sender unit aperture is very
> small?
>
> Any thoughts on this much appreciated.
>
> Paul
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