My Meth Tank Imploded...

[wilson06RS]

I was running my little evo HARD at Buttonwillow...2 quarts of 100% Meth every 20 minute session on the track. Anyway, on my last run, the Meth tank sent a low fluid signal as it had been at the end of each previous run. I pulled into the pit and discovered that my tank was essentially crushed like a squeezed tin can! Is this something a vent could prevent?

[KevinD]

you should always run a vented cap think of it this way, if the cap can't suck in air, as you use the fuel your creating a vacuum in the tank

[wilson06RS]

That makes sense..it scared me a bit at first, but as I opened the cap you could literally hear the pressure release. Could I just mod the cap I have or do you know of a specialty item?

[cpoevo]

My tank just has a small hole in the lid maybe 1/16th of an inch.

[AznEvoIX]

Just poke a tiny hole in the top of your cap.

Use a needle or something and poke two holes on top.

Doesn't need to be a huge hole.

[xXBadAndyXx]

wow that does got to suck when you see that but yeah do what they said just tap a whole in it

[4WS Tuning]

Gotta love that low level light =-)

[Philthy748]

Originally Posted by 4WS Tuning

Gotta love that low level light =-)

+1 - saved the day I bet...

[mitsuboost30]

HAHA pretty funny though... ur prolly like WTF
lol i can just imagin if that happened to me my friends would never let me hear the end of it

[Evoryder]

gotta love the stock intercooler reservoir, comes with a hole in the cap and vents out the side.

[Vigman]

It will be better to have an external vent since you are running meth that is extremely toxic...

=========WIKIPEDIA============
Methanol is toxic by two mechanisms. Firstly, methanol (whether it enters the body by ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through the skin) can be fatal due to its CNS depressant properties in the same manner as ethanol poisoning. Secondly, it is toxic by its metabolism (toxication) via the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase in the liver by forming formic acid and formaldehyde which cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve.[2] Fetal tissue will not tolerate methanol. Dangerous doses will build up if a person is regularly exposed to vapors or handles liquid without skin protection. If methanol has been ingested, a doctor should be contacted immediately. The usual fatal dose is 100–125 mL (4 fl oz). Toxic effects take hours to start, and effective antidotes can often prevent permanent damage. This is treated using ethanol or fomepizole.[3] Either of these drugs acts to slow down the action of alcohol dehydrogenase on methanol by means of competitive inhibition, so that it is excreted by the kidneys rather than being transformed into toxic metabolites.
The initial symptoms of methanol intoxication are those of central nervous system depression: headache, dizziness, nausea, lack of coordination, confusion, drowsiness, and with sufficiently large doses, unconsciousness and death. The initial symptoms of methanol exposure are usually less severe than the symptoms resulting from the ingestion of a similar quantity of ethyl alcohol.
Once the initial symptoms have passed, a second set of symptoms arises 10–30 hours after the initial exposure to methanol: blurring or complete loss of vision, together with acidosis. These symptoms result from the accumulation of toxic levels of formate in the bloodstream, and may progress to death by respiratory failure. The ester derivatives of methanol do not share this toxicity.
Ethanol is sometimes denatured (adulterated), and thus made undrinkable, by the addition of methanol. The result is known as methylated spirit or "meths" (UK use). (The latter should not be confused with meth, a common abbreviation for methamphetamine.)
Pure methanol has been used in open wheel auto racing since the mid-1960s. Unlike petroleum fires, methanol fires can be extinguished with plain water. A methanol-based fire burns invisibly, unlike gasoline, which burns with visible smoke. If a fire occurs on the track, there is no smoke to obstruct the view of fast approaching drivers, but this can also delay visual detection of the fire and the initiation of fire suppression actions. The decision to permanently switch to methanol in American IndyCar racing was a result of the devastating crash and explosion at the 1964 Indianapolis 500 which killed drivers Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald.[4]
One concern with the addition of methanol to automotive fuels is highlighted by recent groundwater impacts from the fuel additive methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). Leaking underground gasoline storage tanks created MTBE plumes in groundwater that eventually contaminated well water. Methanol's high solubility in water raises concerns that similar well water contamination could arise from the widespread use of methanol as an automotive fuel

[DRFTKNGG]

^^^+1

[Jack_of_Trades]

Originally Posted by Evoryder

gotta love the stock intercooler reservoir, comes with a hole in the cap and vents out the side.

I certainly don't recommend keeping the overflow drain tube on the ICS tank if you are running 50% or more meth. You certainly don't wan't meth pouring out anywhere. Get some BUNA o-rings or washers and seal up the overflow hole with a bolt or something.

[Ultimate CC]

that could have turned out real bad, good thing for the LLI...

[MyEv08u]

umm...i'm kinda new here any help on how this meth tank works?