Lowlife's drilling plastic tank & stealing gas, how common?

[04ctd]

buddy has his drilled at a motel up north while on vacation,
is this pretty common on the plastic tanks?

fairly expensive to replace.

 

[Tonyrodz]

buddy has his drilled at a motel up north while on vacation,
is this pretty common on the plastic tanks?

fairly expensive to replace.

I'm in NJ and I've never heard of this before. The worse that's ever happened, is getting gas siphoned after removing the cap. Hopefully those scumbags got a bath in gas!

 

[LT1ZOB]

Never heard of this, but nothing good ever comes out of staying at a motel up north.

 

[randeez]

no, but thanks for the idea

 

[dbbd1]

I had heard of this but, not actually known of any real-life circumstances.

 

[Doubeleive]

buddy has his drilled at a motel up north while on vacation,
is this pretty common on the plastic tanks?

fairly expensive to replace.

I don't see why you couldn't just use some plumbers tape (or any type that is gas resistant) and a drywall type plug and cap it

 

[PG01]

no, but thanks for the idea

X2.....super is expennnnnnsive.....lol

 

[SnowDrifter]

X2.....super is expennnnnnsive.....lol

$800 in damage to get 80 bucks in gas... Tops...

 

[89Suburban]

That's ****** up.

 

[the_tool_man]

Not surprising. Has anyone tried to siphon gas from a late model vehicle? It's not easy with the baffles they put in the filler tube. I recently had to drain half a tank of bad gas out of a newer t-bird. I ended up hot-wiring the fuel pump. I couldn't get a hose into the filler tube, and couldn't get the filler tube disconnected from the tank without a lot of work. Thieves don't care about the damage. They do whatever is easy or fast. They're thieves! If it's hard, they move on.

If it happens to me I'll just find a way to install a drain plug in the hole. Hopefully the next thief won't drill another hole. And who knows? There might be a reason to drain the tank one day. Back in the '70s and earlier, tanks came with a drain installed (my '77 Z has one).

 

[BG1988]

Not surprising. Has anyone tried to siphon gas from a late model vehicle? It's not easy with the baffles they put in the filler tube. I recently had to drain half a tank of bad gas out of a newer t-bird. I ended up hot-wiring the fuel pump. I couldn't get a hose into the filler tube, and couldn't get the filler tube disconnected from the tank without a lot of work. Thieves don't care about the damage. They do whatever is easy or fast. They're thieves! If it's hard, they move on.

If it happens to me I'll just find a way to install a drain plug in the hole. Hopefully the next thief won't drill another hole. And who knows? There might be a reason to drain the tank one day. Back in the '70s and earlier, tanks came with a drain installed (my '77 Z has one).

bad gas was common back then

 

[swathdiver]

buddy has his drilled at a motel up north while on vacation,
is this pretty common on the plastic tanks?

fairly expensive to replace.

I would think some sort of patch wouldn't be too hard to do since it's plastic. If the hole was smallish, a cork could be hammered into the hole even.

bad gas was common back then

Still is today depending on who's doing the cooking!

 

[02Lightning]

I had a pin hole in a gas tank of a Junker car one time. I just put a sheet metal screw in it.

 

[1899]

I once bought a 6.5 diesel tow truck with a leaking tank, I drained the tank, sanded and used JB weld and I think a Toggle bolt and washer for structure, It stopped the leak after refilling.

 

[Garandman]

buddy has his drilled at a motel up north while on vacation,
is this pretty common on the plastic tanks?

fairly expensive to replace.

What does "Up North" mean? Baltimore?

Never heard of it in New England, but knuckleheads gonna knuckle.

Michigan 2008: https://tucson.com/news/national/th...cle_98bf67c9-0015-57e2-b4bd-97cfab86491b.html
South Carolina 2011: http://www.wbtv.com/story/14163056/thieves-stealing-into-car-tanks-to-steal-gas-police-say/
Maryland 2012: https://wamu.org/story/12/02/01/gas_thieves_using_drills_to_steal_gas_from_car_tanks/
Connecticut 2012: https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Man-Punctured-Gas-Tank-to-Steal-Gas-Cops-168933436.html
California 2014: https://abc7news.com/automotive/thieves-in-napa-puncture-gas-tanks-steal-gas/232219/
California 2016: https://abc7news.com/automotive/thieves-in-napa-puncture-gas-tanks-steal-gas/232219/
Canada 2016: https://nationalpost.com/news/canad...y-death-by-puncturing-fuel-tanks-to-steal-gas
New Mexico 2017: https://www.krqe.com/news/victim-thieves-puncture-gas-tank-to-steal-5-worth-of-gas/900246130
Iowa 2017: https://www.weareiowa.com/news/local-news/fuel-thefts-hit-urbandale-gas-tanks-punctured/861729015
Florida 2018: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/watch-your-gas-tank-thieves-are-drilling-holes-to-steal-fuel

 

[gat0r]

has happened here for years, especially when someone has a locking gas cap

phuking thieves

 

[randeez]

need to drop my truck lower

 

[RST Dana]

Sheet metal screw and then fiberglassed over a guys leaking tank once. He was at a gas station at midnight and I offered my services so he could continue his remaining 400 miles. $50.00 for 1.5 hours work in 1976.

 

[Jorge1313]

An an ak47 and a chain to drag him across town with the hitch . The ak47 to hAve put the chain on and lock it the hicth chained. Thing s like these piss me off one hard earned money have it stollen. We need stricter laws you steal get your finger cut off steal twice two fingers, that why there so much crime no laws to protect the good people

 

[Doubeleive]

An an ak47 and a chain to drag him across town with the hitch . The ak47 to hAve put the chain on and lock it the hicth chained. Thing s like these piss me off one hard earned money have it stollen. We need stricter laws you steal get your finger cut off steal twice two fingers, that why there so much crime no laws to protect the good people

don't move to Texas, they like to use there electric chair