[mlscontractcleaner]

After noticing water running out of the side door of my Transit van this morning Ive discovered a very small hole low down on the side of my 650l water tank 😔

It's just dripping but obviously over time it amounts to quite a bit of water on my van floor.

Also, being at the side of my tank ......... which is inside a frame that's bolted to the floor ......... it's a bit of a squeeze getting at the hole as it's very close to my wheel arch.

What's the best way to repair it; are there kits or suchlike to sort this out???

Many thanks 😀😀😀😀😀

[Tosh]

I'd start with an empty tank and try mastic initially over the weekend.

[jk999]

Dont understand how you have got an hole in your tank

[richard groves]

Try a soldering iron.

[AuRavelling79]

Stainless steel self tapping screw into the hole is a possibility as long as the seam isn't splitting - put sealant on the threads first and make sure it is big enough so you can tighten it without breaking the thread you cut.

[Spruce]

Stainless steel self tapping screw into the hole is a possibility as long as the seam isn't splitting - put sealant on the threads first and make sure it is big enough so you can tighten it without breaking the thread you cut.

Which will mean removing your tank.

[mlscontractcleaner]

No it's not the seam.

God knows how it happened but that's the 2nd time someone's mentioned a screw in the hole.

It's very odd how a hole has appeared; I shall empty the tank over the weekend and have a go at it.

Someone did suggest melting it slightly but I'd worry about melting it too much 😞

[Nick Day]

Just a possibility, if you can get your arm inside and put a small piece of aluminium over the hole as a reinforcement then use a swimming pool liner repair patch over that. These patches stick to wet surfaces. They are quite cheap and easily available.

[Og]

Fibre glass. Lots of layers.

[Nick Day]

Actually as you said it is only dripping, the swimming pool patches may well be enough.
We make carbon fibre poles and we use the same resins used with fibre glass ( we have to bake them to cure them).
Water tanks are often made from a type of plastic that these resins do not stick too.

[Nick Day]

I should have added that you do not need to empty the tank. You can use them under water.
Hope this works.

[Tosh]

Worse comes to the worse, drill though the problem area with a 5mm drill bit and fix a tap hole blanking plate smothered in mastic round the thread and seals.

http://www.goo.gl/ufnaTi

[Og]

There is some silicone that goes off under water! Builders use it.

[paulben]

I would go along Slacks way

[elite mike]

There is some silicone that goes off under water! Builders use it.

its called unibond  101 brilliant stuff , cannot recommend it highly enough .