Oh no! look what\'s happened...

[Ian65]

After getting the rear suspension ready to put on the car, I thought I\'d do the tank next, which would complete the rear end of the car.
I only touched it with the wire brush and look...



\'Oh dear, what an inconvenience\', I thought to myself.

I suppose on the positive side, it\'s a good job it\'s happened now rather than leak when it on the car.

I don\'t suppose anyones got a spare one they can sell me?? or else I\'ll be at the mercy of the Ebay breakers...

[Brett]

Sadly, not an uncommon sight

Theres a few specialists who can fix them though - worth having a look through the ads in Practical Classics... or await Mr Nock who will be along shortly with all the right words :Giggle

[mpk490p]

wont be the last

[clive]

Not sure if you either have a spare or are going to repair this yourself but it may help to know that you will find that quite a few radiator companys will also take on tank repairs,

[syebba]

This is becoming common on 1st gens.
There\'s quite a few scrappers at the mo,should be able to get a tank off them.
I think dave mentioned mazda don\'t make new ones anymore.
ta stu

[clive]

Your right, they are now discontinued mind you at £1500 they couldn\'t have sold that many :o

[mpk490p]

i would think a repair is the best route, whos to say the one you get will last much longer

[Ian65]

I\'ve fixed loads of tanks with pinhole leaks in the past. Clean the area around the hole back to bare metal and then repair it with araldite.
This tank is in a bad way though, paper thin on top.
It\'s  a good tip about rad companies repairing it but I\'ll try to get one off a scrapper 1st.
Here\'s hoping!!

[David Nock (RIP)]

My friendly Mazda guy said \'No more available\' a couple of years back.

Looks bad that tank....I think you\'ve got the best idea, try and find a scrapper with a decent one.
I let my last one go to the scrap man with just a pinhole....sorry Ian.
Mark has said in the past that S2 and S3 are different, but surely it can\'t be by much. Maybe drain plug only (that rings a little bell).