My recovery tank is leaking!

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  1. jakederoche New Member

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    I have a bane clean paramount unit and i woke up today to see that my recovery tank was leaking through the bottom of my van.... so obviously the vans rusted now... must have been going on for awhile, its leaking from the back side of the tank so i had no idea unit now. I bought some west system epoxy, it seams to be leaking at the weld points along the edges. I was thinking of buying some kbs gas tank sealer. i don't see why that wouldn't work. any insight????? thanks guys.
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    JB Weld? Otherwise if it is just a weld point take it to a welder. Shouldn't cost much to fix. Maybe $50 at most.
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    I would do both inside and outside of the tank and treat for rust the whole tank
    Good luck
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    What material is the tank made of? Like one of the above said, just get it welded, a quick fix will likely fail down the road and cause more problems.
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    nice thanks guys! lol. it ended up being just a quick connect fitting that was leaking. I need to find a new one. the ones on the bane clean's seem to be kind of rare and there pretty over priced through bane clene, probably just have to replace all of them at once. thanks for the advise tho!

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