Fixing A Rusty Fuel Tank | 1986 Range Rover | Workshop Diaries | Edd China 

This man is such a legend. I've watched him since I was a kid. When edd left wheeler dealers I stopped watching. Exactly same as when the top gear crew left

If anyone had told me that I’d watch a man treat a rusty petrol tank for 30mins or so & enjoy every minute, I’d have told them they were nuts. But if they then said it was Edd doing it... Another brilliant Workshop Diaries. Roll on next Friday.

As an electrician I've got to give it to you, that was one of the most cogent and clear explanations of Ohm's Law, especially as it relates to volts vs amps and the human body as I've ever heard. Extra kudos for actually liking the 9V battery!

Not only is Edd China the worlds favourite car mechanic...He is also the worlds BEST car mechanic. Edd China...There is no easy way for me to say this...You are AWESOME.

The fact that one of the world's favorite mechanic can explain current, fibrilation and electr0cution much more graphically understandable or appealing than most docs or elekchickens :D love it

My automotive meditation and zen time has arrived.

I've never seen anybody explaining the Ohm's law in a such brilliant way

James May looking young and strong, I'm glad he's living a good life

Edd Strap it to a cement mixer and spin the tank with nuts and bolts in it for an hour or two 👍

Chuck that tank onto an electric cement mixer using some straps. Let it turn for a few hours with those screws.

8:33 now that is cool, and it was very satisfying to watch. Great job 🙂 Really loved the electricity demonstration and explanation too.

Ed China is the best teacher ever.

I have seen farmers strap fuel tanks to the outside of a very large tractor wheel and then just drive the tractor around a bit with all the screws etc in the tank, works a treat.

Edd's gone through his fair share of Gü cheesecakes to get that many left over dishes. Have to say, they do come in very handy and we've got a bunch of them in a cupboard at home too!

That vacuum trick is genius. That's exactly the kind of ingenuity I live for. lol

Your electric shock analogy was one of the best I've ever seen, and I only have 45 years experience in the electrical industry. Rust treatment was also interesting. Back in the 70's we had galvanised steel dustbins and the lid on ours was rusty. My Dad treated three area's of rust. One with Hammerite paint, one with Jenolite and one with Kurust. 15 years later the only patch that hadn't gone rusty was the one treated with Hammerite. Another 5* video Edd.

Watching a man hoover rust out of a petrol tank, ridiculously satisfying

Folks over the pond have project farm, we have Edd. Brilliant stuff.

This is why I love watching Edd. He comes up with some fantastic modifications to handle complex issues like using a tube and heat-shrink wrap to modify a vacuum. He also shows the various methods for rust which takes out trial and error for us as the home mechanics that may have a tighter budget.

Eddie, love the channel. All the very best of the TV stuff without the annoying other TV interludes. 👍👍👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Should do like Mustie 1 did, he jacks up the back of his toyota tundra straps the tank full of nuts to a rear wheel and lets it run in low gear for an hour lol.

I've cleaned the inside of many incredibly rusted metal motorcycle tanks using a good battery charger, a strap of metal, and some washing powder. Super easy, and not a molecule of rust left. I would have loved to see him go over that method, especially when he was explaining current and voltage to such a degree. The old "anode, cathode" principle. Love the show Edd.

Edds patience is legendary. The Rover is 100% rust with some paint on top.

Since "Wheeler Dealers" - a great series by the way - Ed China has gone from strength to strength. Why are his tutorials so magnetically watchable? For someone who has barely done more than change a faulty sparkplug it is hard to say. His patience and attention to detail must be legendary, and of course his careful explanation of everything he does is nothing less than edifying!

Haha love seeing edd trying to get around problems like this, last time I did a fuel tank that was that bad pretty much went down the same route but used some washed 20mm gravel and a cement mixer for the agitation. Worked a treat 👍

My compliments to the cameraman! I love how he lets something go out of Focus while locking in onto a closer object before screen transition. I know it’s not totally unique, but it is artistic and pleasant to look at. That’s why the series Broadchurch is so pleasant to watch, the cinematography is so satisfying, and the attention to detail is absolutely fastidious.

Best vid yet imo. No fairly uninteresting interviews with seemingly random people. No ask ed. Just Ed doing what he's good at and showing us how. Very much enjoyed the simplified but effective demonstration and explanation for V =I/R and it's affect on the body. Loved it!

I cleaned a rusty gas tank with rust dissolver and attached the tank to my electric cement mixer with ratchet tie downs to keep it agitated worked great.

Brilliant explanation of current and voltage, I understood that fully, and never could get my head round the difference. Number of electrons v force pushing them. Brilliant. But for the love of engines where were the SAFETY GOGGLES 🤦‍♂️ So much glass flying.

WD youtube: 278k subs Edd China youtube: 651k subs I think that settles it then.

great demonstration for amps and volts. I have seen a Fuel Tank attached to a cement mixer and ball bearings placed inside. As the electric Cement Mixer spins, it keeps the fluid moving and the ball bearings impacting the rust. 24 hours spinning and the tank looks like new on the inside. -quite separately- My old step father used a fuel tank primer (internal) with chromium on his 72 VW Camper, which is normally used in the aerospace industry. we pulled it out of the camper and 1 quart was enough to coat the inside once we kept flipping it and spinning it. If the tank is separated from the vehicle and you block all access to the ports, the tank can be shaken in waste deep water to help take the weight of the tank. also Rolling it upside down and on its sides helps make sure the primer, or in this case the rust eater is constantly coating the internals. the Nuts washers and Screws idea are a good idea.

Removing rust from inside the tank, I have strapped the tank to a concrete blender, and then let it run for 30min in each position. I usually use gravel instead of expensive screws and washers ;-) Automatic, no special tools and all you need are two ratchet straps. Use the internal brace inside the concrete blender to affix it.

Yay more Edd goodness, honestly a week goes by so slowly when you anticipating something. Thank you Edd for your great work yet again! Actually farmers used coca cola here for quite some time to de/un-rust bolts that were rusted shut and it seemed to work great.

Thanks so much for answering my question Edd. Fascinating stuff, a real "school day" for me :)

Definitely the first time I've watched a guy hoover out the inside of a fuel tank!

I'm fixing my dads old Achilles Lido moped for my son. You can not even imagine how much you just helped! Thank you!

"It's the volts that jolts, but the mills that kills" as we were taught in the TV repair trade.

I would have cleaned the inside before the outside, and before that bought a new tank 😀

This amount of research and effort to explain in an understandable way important safety practice is something that goes over my expectations. Outstanding.

Love what your doing here edd, its a perfect format, love how you jump from one project to another, which in real garage life is the normal!

Earliest I’ve ever been for an Edd video. Looking forward to this after a tough week!

Edd could teach Shop, Science, and Health class all at the same time, and every student would be enthralled.

I’m a bit late in commenting on your video, but I cleaned my motorcycle tank using very strong vinegar, hanging basket type chain and a cement mixer. Lot less Labour intense and unbelievable results the tank was like new!!

That pile of rust from the vacuum would nag and worry me that so much metal is now gone from the tank. Would keep me awake at night. LOL

Use a cement mixer, remove the barrel attach fuel tank where the barrel was , fill with your liquid and bolts washers etc, then switch on low speed leave for an hour and check , just an idea

Thanks Edd .... You have proven to me just how easy it will be, to order me a new tank. Well done...

Ed you're a man after my own heart! Your diligence to do things the right way and your attention to detail is quite superb and extremely admirable! The time & effort expended on that fuel tank is commendable!! 👏👏👏

Omg this takes me back to the first few series of wheeler dealers, when it was quaint, honest and interesting. I remember watching the Austin mini episode in season 1, and then a few years later getting a classic mini as my first car and watching the episode over and again trying to copy bits of Ed’s restoration. That was something like 15 years ago…. So watching this is sort of like a trip down memory lane! Thanks Ed.

I can only recommend filling the tank with screws or stones at the beginning .. (approx. 1/3 of the volume ..) and then clamping the tank on a concrete mixer for some time. preferably dry so that you can vacuum out afterwards. I did that to my motocycle tank and it worked good. a chemical treatment afterwards would be good as well

Seen a guy clean an old tank with a few handfuls of old ball bearings, about 10kg of shotblasting grit and strapping it to a cement mixer, left to run for a few hours. Did the job, but adding in some of those chemicals would have certainly helped, I'll remember that one. Top video Edd, nice one mate.

This guy is so awesome, I cannot believe that he would leave something this important so wide open to the risk of electrocution. I've always enjoyed the wisdom that he has had to share.

After watching Edd shake that tank, I believe he can fix anything.

I'm pretty confident that John is not the only Range Rover owner to have a stash of vintage filth somewhere... ;-)

Ed is a wonderful teacher / mechanic. Using simple examples to explain complex principles ...

Enjoyable to watch, just as before when on TV, but now at leisure, easy to view... good job!

“Grr, I’m gonna need a longer hose!” Story of my life Edd 😂

For the effort it has taken Ed, I would have just bought a new tank! Then u know there is years of life in the new tank! 👍🔧

Automotive ASMR. Love it. A new tank at 140quid does seem cheaper than several hours of Ed's labour however... 😄

I love watching each episode bringing the range rover back to life. And also seeing how to bring components back from a disastrous state to workable piece.

Parabéns Eddy estávamos com saudades , moro no Brasil e sempre o acompanhei um abraço Deus te abençoe

As much as I love Edd's work overall, this was the best episode by far from the knowledgeable electricity showdown to the satisfying rust removal. Cheers

Ed explains the physiological effects of electricity including a Taser and everyone is, justifiably so, praising him. Not only is this video mechanically informative, it’s an unintended lesson on how credibility and popularity impacts people’s receptiveness to information. Another great video Ed.

PLEASE NEVER STOP THESE VIDEOS!!! PLEASE DO MORE OF THESE!!!

Screws, nuts and Bolts, than strap it at the front of an concrete mixer. Enough power and endurance , keep ist Spinning for a while ♥️👍 greetings from Germany

I've had this issue my self, and after many hours of using different products I used a 1mm slitting disk to cut the tank in half, got inside with a wire wheel, treated with rust cure and welded back together took around 4 hours to complete and had much better results than relying on the chemical formula to do all the hard work

Adamın televizyona çıkmasına gerek yok burdada izlenir hala eskisi gibi tüm detayları anlatarak gidiyor.

hey Edd what a pleasure to see you again !!!!!!

Where were your safety glasses, you naughty boy!

Been waiting for the Range Rover, glad to see it back!!

Well Mike eat your heart out, it's not not about how much profit you can make it's about the knowledge and work. Very informative presentation on electricity to enable a layman to understand it.

Great vid. I’m getting the rust out of a CX motorcycle tank at the moment,by using white vinegar and gravel. I filled the tank with both,wrapped it in an old quilt, then put in into a cement mixer for half an hour. Came out pretty good once I emptied it and dried it out with a heat gun!👍🏾🛠🏍

Definetly one of my favorite Episodes. The level of DIY / fiddeling here is great! Great idea to use the cement mixer to clean that fuel tank! #milwaukeechristmas

Agradeço ao Edd por disponibilizar legenda em português 🇧🇷. Já ganhou meu Big Like.

2 things . "It's the volts that jolts but the mils that kills " is well worth remembering! Then, you've put some things in to help remove rust BUT the things you added were Bright Zinc Plated (BZP) and zinc is much more reactive to the acid in rust remover that all the acid will be used up very quickly and become de-activated. Try granite chips from a garden centre.

Nice VID, THX! I once saw a video with a rusty motorcycle tank on RU-vid. The colleague had simply taken small stones from the hardware store, filled the tank with water and these stones. Then the tank was sealed all over and clamped onto the concrete mixer drum. After turning for a while, the inside of the tank was sparkling clean!

"Aha - I seem to have found John's stash of vintage filth" - excellent!

A couple bags of marbles, and a gallon of kerosene. Then shake the hell out of it in every direction and rinse repeat , repeat, repeat, has worked for me.

The tank on my 50 year old Cortina was REALLY rusty. I took it off and strapped it to my old cement mixer. I added a shovel full of pea shingle and left it spinning for a couple of hours. Net result, all that flaky rust crap removed! Downside was some holes appeared! Lead filled these and gave tank a coating of "Slosh" (tractor boys love this stuff!). Coat of paint on the outside and Bobs yer uncle, good as new!

Holly Gears I had about 15 to 18 years when I see this man in Discovery Channel almost 20 years later I found him on RU-vid WoOw! 🤯 Greetings from Los Angeles California (Greengolandia) EEUU 🇺🇸 👋🏼

Use broken glass from the windscreen,strap it to the inside of a cemet mixer and leave it for a few hours to do its work

Quite a few comments about buying a new tank... my opinion: The cost of the products aren't relevant, that's purely for an investigation into what works best, you wouldn't buy all those products yourself. Also, not everyone can spare the cost of a new tank, and to be fair the value of the vehicle as a whole, for what it's going to be used for, a resto will spiral out of control if you just simply replace everything on it. Plus it's about showing what is possible if you're prepared to put a little work in to save something. We are a throwaway society now, sometimes fixing up stuff is fun eh?

Memories revived by the 9 '' black & white Bush tv in the backround. My parents bought in 1948, thank god technology has improved and I have nt got to watch you on one...took 20 minutes to warm up.....

Hello Edd! Thanks for this video. In the past 20 years I've been using Fertan to convert corrosion. After ~ 24 - 48 hours I remove the excess of the converter using water and a sponge. After the parts are dry I apply another layer of Fertan which I let impact for at least another 24 hours. Afterwards I remove the excess of the 2nd layer of the converter with water and a sponge. After drying I treat the spots with isopropyl alcohol to ensure a clean and free from grease surface. Next step primer and paint (+ additional protective coating if necessary e.g. if on underbody). I also use rust converter regarding before mentioned strategy on parts that are not looking corroded, e.g. if I weld in some new piece of metal to chassis or underbody of a car. That's cause I've discovered when grinding down the welds that there's often small rust-particles on the grinding equipment, which are getting rubbed into the surface of the metal by the grinding equipment itself. Therefore I always use a rust-converter even on such spots before painting. Of course coating a weld with tin is cool and oldschool kinda treatment, sadly not always possible. Best regards, Michael aka. Mr.PastGlory P.S.: Of course there's the option to buy phosphoric acid at the local pharmacy ... then You might get asked 'ARE YOU A TERRORIST?' (at least here in Germany) :-)

An easy electricity analogy is to think of current as being like mass and voltage to be like speed. If you get hit by a flea doing 70mph it might sting a little but no harm done. If you get hit by a 46 tonne HGV at 5 mph you will really know about it.

Какой же кайф. Спасибо за русские субтитры

That's the best explanation of electricity I've ever heard. You made something that can sound very complicated very easy to understand 👍

Edd China working together with James May build a car. That must be a riot episode i would love to watch.

Electrolysis is the way to go on a tank this rusty.

When John is finished with his stash of vintage filth, can I borrow it please.

Edd... greatings... I am happy glad to see again about your videos.. much success... From Venezuela...!!!

Patience of a saint Edd. Don’t know how you do it. Fascinating though. Thanks

Закрепить бак в бетономешалке, накидать гвоздей и включить на полчаса.

I've learned a few tricks over the years I've learned a few tricks over the years and I've learned that if you use Is pool acid It will completely clean it and remove it within 24 hours it will be a spotless clean surface the trick is once you clean it you must drain it and completely flush it so that the acid doesn't start eating it again

I gotta hand it to Edd, he really comes up with some creative ways to solve problems. Ngl

i clicked subscribe just seconds before Edd said "Hi! Welcome to the workshop!".... i nearly answered :D

Just throw in a new tank. A bit like trying to 'rejuvenate' a battery. Recycle/replace. Cheaper and quicker in the end especially if the tank pinholes in a couple of years.

What you've done there Ed is polish a turd, a lot of effort and it's still a turd albeit a bit shinier. I admire your stamina though 😉😂 👍

we love u Edd. such a great instructor.

Ed please make longer episodes. Really enjoy watching you at work great tips and advice that half an hour just isn't cutting it lol please

Great video as ever. The amount of rust in that tank was frightening! Had you considered electrolysis rather than chemical removal? I've seen excellent results on motorcycle fuel tanks with worse corrosion than the Range Rover's.