Pinhole in fuel tank!

I don't know,,, that would be one thing I wouldn't attempt to fix. With that said, you don't have to pay that much for a new tank. Check wrecking yards in your area or go on-line to a Toyota Parts site.

For instance, parts.com - > $357.44

 

It's an insurance claim!!!

 

Also just make sure the hole you are repairing is for the fuel tank, and not for metal that covers the fuel tank. Otherwise you plug the way for the gas to get out of the vehicle and now it just pools inside and spreads about...

 

Any repair won't be 100% safe. Replace the tank or you might regret it. You don't want to bodge repair the tank then get rearended and lose your family in a fireball!?!

Get a new tank for your new car and sleep peacefully.

 

Yes, it's an insurance claim. I once ran over a spinning road debris and it pierced the gas tank. It was covered under the cheaper comprehensive policy so I didn't have to pay too much in deductible.

 

Depending on the manufacture, all plastic fuel tanks are made of a polyethylene and polyamide (nylon) compound, either in multi-layers or a one layer aggregate.

Here's more information;

Steel vs. Plastics: The Competition for Light-Vehicle Fuel Tanks

 

Wow, so you'd rather do the repair yourself and possibly endanger your loved ones? The gas tank is not something you mess with. AAA even had to call in the fire department to patch the hole before they'd send a tow truck. Made me feel important too

 

Sorry to tell you. I've been researching this stuff for years, Myltilayered or nylon inpregnated polyethylene is almost impossible to heat weld.

I saw one 2011 Prius tank from a wrecked vehicle on eBay that has less than 4,000 miles on it for less than $150, if that helps. I've replaced a few tanks and in tank fuel pumps over the past 45 years. If you're handy, it's not that hard.

 

No, it's good news! You won't put your loved ones in danger by trying to fix a hole in the gas tank. Heck, even body shops/insurance companies will only replace the entire bumper skin if there's a hole in it rather than repair it!

 

I'm sorry you feel that way. Your wife would be ashamed to see you had such a disregard for her life.

 

Perhaps when a Prius goes up in a fireball the media will report more hybrid hysteria causing prices to drop like a rock and I can pick up a few more at great prices from the panic selling. Wait a couple months to realize it was driver error, prices rebound, and voila.

 

Let's do EXACTLY what he asked and ignore him.

 

You asked for advice on a public forum. The members gave you their advice. Sometimes that involves sorting through the answers, but the answers were all meant in good faith.

I'd rather have someone tell me it wasn't possible to repair the tank than erroneously and dangerously repair it and possibly risk my life.

Next time you want specific advice and don't want to shift through well intentioned 'noise', then call your dealer