http://www.tatsco.com/MARCH%202009%20NLT.pdf

See the top of page 4 about fiberglass fuel tanks where auto-gas containing ethanol is used. Simply stated is is ok in a good polyester based resin as well as epoxy resin.

It seems that there have been many studies that have been done by the oil companies or companies that have been hired to inspect fiberglass fuel storage tanks. Will do a little more digging to figure out what is the best type of epoxy to use.

David Moyer

John Slade wrote:

Just in case anyone is thinking that fuel tanks made with MGS epoxy will stand up to prolonged auto-gas / ethanol exposure, I'm here to tell you that they won't.

I'm in the process of removing and replacing the inner skins in both fuel tanks on my Cozy IV.

See http://forum.canardaviation.com/showthread.php?t=4594 for a detailed report and pictures. I'll post more pictures on my web site when the repair job is complete.

Chris Barber - we need to buy each other a beer :)
John

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