Pulling a dent out of a fuel tank.

[chris-red]

I have a dent in a Fuel tank that I'm going to trying pulling out tomorrow it is a shallow dent about 2 inches left on the fuel cap. There is no paint damage.

First I was going to try heating and cooling. Was going to pour boiling water over the dent then use an a can of compressed air upside down as it sprays really cold stuff(liquid air?) out. Any improvements to this method?

Due to the neck of the fuel tank I cant get to it from the cap I was thinking about maybe using a slide hammer with a u shaped bend on the end if the heating doesn't work.

Any other/better suggestions?
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[jaffa90]

Close the fuel cap and shove a garage airline up the fuel tap to max pressure.

[pepperami]

[chris-red]

[jaffa90]

Yes i am mad, try a water/jet pressure washer then.

[Pete.]

Don't do either of those. I can tell you from experience that it'll blow the tank up like a balloon without popping the dent and you'll put loads of dents back into it trying to beat it back into a shape that'll fit on the bike.
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[pepperami]

[pepperami]

In a similar vein, I have pulled a light crease/dent out of a panel in the past using a sink plunger.

However it was on an old Morris Marina and I wasn`t to bothered about the final finish to much.
It did take the worst of the dent out and after a lick of hand painting it was as good as new
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[Poundshop Dave]

A work pal has a dent removal tool similar to the one above but cheaper.

Here is a video of pops-a-dent, does what it says on the tin; pops out a dent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PKkFTu_ZVI

Ebay link.

https://goo.gl/XkPrDP
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[recman]

If I don't have easy access to a dent I'll use a glue tab dent puller.
We have all manner of different shapes and sizes at work as well as various different strength glue sticks.
I prefer the slide hammer on these tabs but we do have a little pulling apparatus thingy.
On a strong, curved area of a tank I'd use a slide hammer puller.

[jaffa90]

[recman]

Cos he doesn't have a clue.

[bladerunner]

drain the tank and airline works fine....i do usually just use a rag to seal the filler hole and air line...a few gentle taps with the heel of your hand can help persuade the dent to pop ....30 years of using this and never had one explode/get warm or the such! granted the rag stops you from over pressuring the tank to the point you'd bend it out of shape it. I had a fireblade tank with a blocked breather vent and the fuel pump sucked the top of the tank by 3" (riding at night for 30 miles and didnt notice whilst riding untill I parked up!!! came out great thank god!!
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[jaffa90]

[pepperami]

[Ayup_Mi-Duck]

Hi my mate once asked me to hep with something like a fuel tank.

I tack welded a bit of rod to the middle of the dint and used a slide hammer to gently pull it out. we then used bondo to level it off as it had stretched the metal.

not sure if that will help, but people have been helping me on here so want to repay.

Dan

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[Ayup_Mi-Duck]

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Great for normal panels but welding fuel tank = potential for much funtime explosion. Even welding near a tank is dodgy.[/quote]

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Almost ballsed up.

Erm, fill it with sand ?