Dented/Broken Gas Tank

[citizen]

Got my car back today from the impound after driving off a cliff, noticed my gas was at half tank but my fuel light was on, low and behold i go to look at by gas tank and see that its been bashed in. Im assuming that since its bashed in the fuel meter got stuck. Im wondering if it would be advisble to pound it out and expoxy the area for leaks, or should i just go buy another gas tank from a junkyard, or go with a fuel cell. Does anyone know of a fuel cell that can be mounted to a s13 with little to mild modifications?

[radhaz]

1) Cheap route yeah bang it out and seal it but is it safe?

2) Safe route buy a used tank for $50-200 and replace it.

If you can afford a fuel cell then you can easily afford a used tank. I personally would not feel comfortable using a fuel tank that was sealed with epoxy unless it was a short term fix.

Car-part.com is a great place to look for used parts.

[FRpilot]

although fuel cells are nice, i think they are a hassle for street car usage.. fuel cells are designed to be lightweight and therefore hold less gallons than a stock tank.. this means more trips to the gas station which can be annoying.. esp if you have those hardcore fuel cells that only holds a few gallons to save lots of weight..

[citizen]

safety in the event of another crash is my main concern. a smaller tank wouldn't bother me becuase i only put in a few gallons at a time. has anyone put a fuel cell in their 240? i really dont know what the install would entail.

[adey]

If you "really don't know what a fuel cell install would entail", I can say with some certainty that you don't need it and are not ready for it.

Fuel cells, while all cool looking and shiny and (supposedly) safe (maybe not for a street-driven car, though), are a pain to install. It's not necessarily the installation that's "hard" or not doable in a well equipped home garage so much as the PRICE of a fuel cell and peripherals. It's much (MUCH) cheaper to just buy a used tank off another 240... heck, it'd still be significantly cheaper to buy a NEW 240 gas tank from nissan USA than to buy/install a fuel cell.

[citizen]

as i was saying my main concern is safety if (when) i crash again. After what i did this last time i see how vunerable my gas tank really is. If I went a few feet farther i would have certanaily punctured it on a nicely sized rock and who knows what would have happened then. So price isn't really a concern to me as it is dealing with safety. Now it seems to me that a fuel cell would be significantly safer. Now if my assumption is untrue would anyone be kind enough to point me to some information that shows otherwise?