One of our gen fuel tanks must have 50 or so little holes in the side now. Not all are leakers of fuel.
The only repair is to plastic weld the holes with a soldering gun.
I have been thinking, is there an insecticide that could be sprayed on the tank?
Or maybe all the tanks need to be taken off the gens, then flushed and dried and stored inside.
It is an asian import the Camphor beetle. Camphor Shoot Borer (Cnestus mutilatus)
A serious eater of plastic gasoline tanks. They have also ruined most of my red plastic gas cans.
Our Polaris ATV, all the fuel leaked out of the gas tank, and looking at it the beetles had eaten holes into the rubber fuel line. The holes they make are slightly smaller than 1/8". Have not seen them attacking car gas tanks as I think the plastic is better quality and they cant smell the ethanol.
The only repair is to plastic weld the holes with a soldering gun.
I have been thinking, is there an insecticide that could be sprayed on the tank?
Or maybe all the tanks need to be taken off the gens, then flushed and dried and stored inside.
It is an asian import the Camphor beetle. Camphor Shoot Borer (Cnestus mutilatus)
A serious eater of plastic gasoline tanks. They have also ruined most of my red plastic gas cans.
Our Polaris ATV, all the fuel leaked out of the gas tank, and looking at it the beetles had eaten holes into the rubber fuel line. The holes they make are slightly smaller than 1/8". Have not seen them attacking car gas tanks as I think the plastic is better quality and they cant smell the ethanol.
