Re: Re: 1952 Paris built Normale RSJ 834

[Anonymous]

On the subject of tanks, I’m going to replace mine as there is a strong petrol smell when 1st filled, it’s not from the pickup or sender so could be the overflow, but the cost of a professional refurbishment v simply replacing with a new one was a no brainer for me (plus I want to keep the car off the road for as short a time as possible).

What I have found out today when the new one arrived is that the bottom of the gauze on the pickup strainer sits circa 1.5cm above the bottom of the tank, so that’s circa 7.5% of the tank volume.

If the tank is a maximum 50 litres (it’s what it’s marketed at) then potentially 3.75 litres of petrol is always unused as the pickup won’t reach it and will pull air.

The pickup only reaches 18.5cm down from the tank top when you factor in the rubber gasket and the tank is actually 20.0cm deep internally.

The new tank looks the same as the image Baz posted, but the tank (leaking as well) in Michael Broadbent’s Slough Lt15 is of a different construction (should have taken a picture for comparison….)