[OrlyP]

Metal jerry cans or using non-ethanol fuel can be viable alternatives.

But for plastic gas tanks and fuel lines, maybe a spray repellant or insecticide might help?

 

[OrlyP]

Also be on a lookout for a crazy man with a cordless drill.

All seriousness, for almost half a century I've been on this earth, I had no idea these insects exist.

 

[OrlyP]

They came from Asia as an invasive species recently. We are surrounded by many millions of little creatures and never aware of them except when they cause us trouble.

Now the forests here are losing all the native Ash trees to the Emerald Ash borer, also invaded from Asia. They kill every single one.

Sorry to hear that.

Funny that I live in Asia and I haven't heard of it, much less being plagued by it.

 

[OrlyP]

That should stand up well to re-entry.

I'd be careful to not make any gas spills/splashes. I don't know of any adhesive that can withstand gasoline... and that includes aluminum tape adhesives. You could end up with a sticky, mushy mess on the tank as the spilled gas goes under the tape and melts the adhesive.

 

[OrlyP]

No the tape is fine. Just saying to keep spillage to a minimum or clean it up immediately.

 

[OrlyP]

I'll trade you my crusty metal tank for that plastic swiss cheese.

 

[OrlyP]

I was actually thinking about that the other day. I was wondering why didn't they just coat the inside of a metal tank with plastic like HDPE to stop it from corroding...

But then it hit me.... they probably thought of that already but instead, decided to drop the metal tank altogether and just make the whole tank plastic.

 

[OrlyP]

The combination of both would result in a vastly better tank.

No arguments there. But let's just say manufacturers defines "better" to mean cheaper to make.

 

[OrlyP]

Vodka as bait.... is this what has become of this Russian liquor? It's down to being bug bait?