My neighbor has a ford edge and she ran over something on the freeway that caused a small hole in her gas tank. I looked online and it says a tank replacement install would cost around $1800-3900. Should I try and help her patch the small hole up or is it better if she just replaces the whole tank. I know her car can be a pain to get the tank out of. Pretty sure those ford edge's make you take the seats out to get a few of the bolts. Damn engineers.. If anyone has any help, she's willing to pay me if I can get it patched up/fixed. Just want to make sure it's not some cheap repair like non petroleum resistant JBweld that will come off when there's pressure in the tank.
Thanks, Alex
@alexmetz
I would not.mess with patching a gas tank I have learned with many things do it right originally and it will coat less in the future
Was your quote for an OEM replacement tank?
A quick google search revealed this - https://www.carparts.com/fuel-tank/ford/edge
Its best to not patch up (for fear of the job not being done correctly) something critical like the fuel tank.
Was that quote for a gold-plated tank? A quick search finds new fuel tanks for the Ford Edge selling in the $300 to $600 price range. I'm not sure how you would get from there up to $3900 unless a large part of the vehicle needs to be dismantled in order to change out the tank. (I'm accustomed to older cars where it's a fairly easy job.)
@chucktobias
No no, an OEM tank is at most like $400. The issue is the labor thats why to do the replacement it says online $1800-3900, mostly due to labor. I guess you have to take all the back seats out and stuff and the carpeting. It sounds like a large job
@alexmetz
Well, that stinks. I'm used to just unhooking fuel and electric connections, loosening a couple of bolts holding the straps in place, and dropping the thing. Easy peasy unless of course fasteners are badly rusted.