A little petrol leak repair

[F5 Dave]

Capillary action? Good luck buddy. I wouldn’t even trust the ‘wick in' stuff for something to seal petrol. If that is Loctite master gasket or the equivalent then that should work just fine applied as you say. A friend in the petrol chemical industry suggested I use it on the gasket (which I couldn’t replace quickly) for the bottom of the tank where the fuel pump goes in. Has been fine for years, but I’d give it a day or so just to give it the best chance to seal.

[Motu]

My father helped me fix a petrol tank with araldite. The trick was to make sure some poked through so when it sealed it formed a mushroom so it couldn’t fall out. About 5 pin holes (opened them up a bit to push some through), never leaked again.

I did a similar thing on my RG50 when returning form the Cold Kiwi the tank started leaking. I only allowed the araldite to cure for 30min & it was hardly an ideal environment but it got me back to Wellington.

A couple of weeks ago I had a leak in my Acerbis tank in the middle of nowhere,found that someone had drilled their first mounting hole wrong and fuel was pissing out of a 2mm drilling that the filler fell out of.I broke off a turkey feather in the hole and jammed a bit of roadside plastic under the washer to seal it.Got home on the rest of the tank.I drop kicked the turkey into the nearest ditch.I love the ''adventure'' in adventure riding.

[vifferman]

I drop kicked the turkey into the nearest ditch.I love the ''adventure'' in adventure riding.

Last bush ride I did (about 28 years ago), I was blithely riding along with my spare gas can in my pack..... pissing out petrol from the rust holes.
Had to top up the tank sooner than I expected.
That wasn't the end of it. I was happily crossing a river about eighteen inches deep, thinking, "No worries; she'll be as watertight as a fish's arse!" or whatever. Later at home, when I was cleaning the bike, I noticed a not insignificant crack in the magnesium cover over the points, from an earlier encounter with the rocks that masqueraded as the gravel on the logging roads.

[FROSTY:Me]

Seeing as you have the tube out Id run a smear of loctite around the 2 tube ends and press them back into place. To be sure the loctite doesn't run somewhere it shouldnt I'd make sure the pipe ends face upwards