On Oct 31, 9:48*pm, "Logic316" wrote:
My heating oil tank is pretty old, and is located in my basement. I have no
idea how much rust might be inside it. Is there any way to gauge it's
structural integrity and approximate remaining lifespan? And should it
spring a leak one day, is there any trick for quickly patching an oil leak
just until a new tank can be installed? They say that with leaky automobile
gas tanks, you can rub a bar of soap into the hole and it would hold for a
while, would that work?

- Logic316

"Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don't worship it. Feed
it."

Is the outside rusty? I would think that the inside would not rust
very fast, since part of the time it is immersed in fuel oil, and the
rest of the time the air inside is pretty stagnant. In short there is
not a large continuous supply of fresh air and moisture, as with, say,
a bucket, car, or other steel object left outside. -- H