1800: P1800es Replacement Petrol Tank

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Tip: Easy way of removing the tank. After you have disconnected pipes and wires and unscrewed the screws securing the tank, place a towel or blanket on a suitable size plank and put on the top of your jack. Place the towel against the tank and use the plank to spread the jack pressure. Gently increase the pressure on the jack untill the tank eases off the seal.
No drama, no prizing, scratching or denting.

Having suffered for over a year shovelling handfuls of rust out of my filters, I have given up the unequal struggle with my petrol tank.
This is despite regularly dropping the fuel out of main drain plug to try to purge the rust sediment.

So I have bought a new one from Brookhouse. If you value your time you cannot clean and seal it for less than the £316.00 they cost.

A new filter is say £12, a pump £100, an injector £100 so it figures to my way of thinking as the most economical solution before I inevitably have fork out for one or all of these.

I am pretty sure that if youre restoring one of these cars with injection the right answer is a new tank.

If the tank is original then it is probably shot inside, begining to get pin holes in the top. (the p1800e I had 25 years ago had this problem)

Whereas you can probably get away without this in a carb version, the injection jobs draw very large amounts of fuel through the system and swirl it back into the tank. I think this continually stirs up the stuff in the tank.
I am not sure that putting octane enhancer and lead replacement in the fuel does not make the problem worse too.

This seems the right answer for me.

Hope this helps someone else.

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Tank and bits delivered!

Brookhouse Volvo

Delivery following morning before 9.00 AM and I live in rural nowhere too.
Right Price, Right Service, Fast Delivery - again.
I am impressed and have shared!!!

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I have now fitted a new tank and sender.
Not quite as straightfoward as I would like but once in and carefully connected.... what a difference.

These replacement tanks have differences.
They are not made of the same guage steel and are lighter than the original.
The pickup is a bigger diameter so the Saran filter does not fit over the end.

The new tanks have a optional filler arrangement so that it can be common across the ranges.

If you have and ES and I guess an E, you should connect this together before you put it in the car. Otherwise it is a bit more awkward to fit.

Additionally the butyl rubber mastic that seals the tank in is neccessary.
I got mine on ebay quite cheaply.

I also sprayed mine in stonechip resistant paint and repainted this black, as the finish on the new tank does not look that weather resistant.