Anthony_TN
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I bought a new gas cap for my TO30 a while back from this site. I would lose a little gas if I filled the tank close to full with the old cap, which is where the stains came from in the pic. I put the new cap on the other day and did a little mowing. Right away I noticed the cap wasn't venting right, I could hear hissing coming from the cap. I stopped the motor and there was alot of pressure in the tank when I removed the cap. I decided I would bring the old cap with me next time and put back on.
My tractor is several miles from my home, and I hadn't been out there for over a week until last night. I opened the hood and the tank was collapsed. At first I thought it had been vandalized, but I'm pretty sure that's not the case. Has anybody ever seen this happen to a steel fuel tank? I've heard of plastic tanks collapsing if the vent was stopped up, much like my plastic gas jug does, but I wouldn't have thought it would happen to a metal tank. The tank is now leaking from where the sediment bowl assembly attaches. I'll clean it up tonight and hope that it's repairable. I think a new tank would cost $200 or more, I'd hate for a $8 gas cap to cost me that much. I see that parts on this site have a 1 year warranty, I wonder if it will cover this...I won't hold my breathe.
BTW, that's just paint that is cracked and chipping off in the picture.
My tractor is several miles from my home, and I hadn't been out there for over a week until last night. I opened the hood and the tank was collapsed. At first I thought it had been vandalized, but I'm pretty sure that's not the case. Has anybody ever seen this happen to a steel fuel tank? I've heard of plastic tanks collapsing if the vent was stopped up, much like my plastic gas jug does, but I wouldn't have thought it would happen to a metal tank. The tank is now leaking from where the sediment bowl assembly attaches. I'll clean it up tonight and hope that it's repairable. I think a new tank would cost $200 or more, I'd hate for a $8 gas cap to cost me that much. I see that parts on this site have a 1 year warranty, I wonder if it will cover this...I won't hold my breathe.
BTW, that's just paint that is cracked and chipping off in the picture.