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Cacho


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Ineed to drill my fuel tank plastic and i worries any of the drilling falling in the tank any safe way please i appreciate thans very much cacho



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drill the tank up side down

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Not 100% guarantee that you will get all the swarf, but drill the hole carefully until you are just on the point of breaking through. Blow away the swarf and then put a bib blob of grease on the area, and carefully drill a little more, remove and clean the drill. Repeat until the hole is complete.

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Pressurize the tank with your tyre compressor. Have a leak somewhere so you don't over pressurize the tank.



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Thans for all the replays i will start when the rain stop in sydney maybe under the motorhome is no room for a drill ,maybe i will used a tap holder again i thans for the responce

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Not 100% guarantee that you will get all the swarf, but drill the hole carefully until you are just on the point of breaking through. Blow away the swarf and then put a bib blob of grease on the area, and carefully drill a little more, remove and clean the drill. Repeat until the hole is complete.

 I will due this way i think is best. For job under the motorhome no room to put the small diesel tank that came with te diesel heaterblankstare thans Erad 



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What are you gong to do with the hole?
The material is High Density Polyethylene. It is virtually impossible to glue to and sealers will not seal reliably.
Cheers,
Peter

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An auger or brad bit wood drill.



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I will put a pipe to used fuel  for my diesel heater the hole is only about 8mm i not remenber the name i orden special seal  from ebay here in oz thans peter .I read all the work you done in yourmotorhome thanks again



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Any drilling swarf will be relatively large - large enough to be trapped by the fuel filter in your motorhome. I would try to avoid getting any swarf inside the tank anyway, but I would not worry too much about what bits that do get in.



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Thans again erad sorry i my esplaining is not the bestbut when i came to oz i not has time for english clases only works but best Now i can enjoy our beautiful land

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Grease on drill . Itll be fine . Thats what filters are for ! I use the multi sized tapper drill type these days .

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Wouldnt it be easier to install a T piece in the fuel line?

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i put a elbow and a  tap on the drain plug works for me



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