It wasn’t all that long ago when owning a car was a real hands-on experience. Carburetors, points and condensers, spark plugs that only lasted a few thousand miles, single-weight oil and ...

A great deal of innovative design and materials work is going into vehicle fuel tank systems. It is area that is coming under increasing pressure from legislation on both sides of the Atlantic.

Rust and corrosion in the fuel tank are issues that all enthusiasts will face at some point with a project car, whether you're fixing the neglect from a previous owner or dealing with your own car ...

Fuel tanks don’t fail often, but when they do, repairs can be expensive and potentially dangerous. Damage can happen from collisions, water intrusion, poor manufacturing or even leaving a car unused ...

The placement of fuel tanks on passenger vehicles has changed over the past three decades, and for good reason. Automakers gradually have repositioned the tank to an area in front of the rear axle, ...

For some time, fuel tank manufacturers have come under increasing pressure from legislation, particularly in the US, to design and build tanks that can withstand higher impacts without leaking.

Fuel tanks and fuel systems will fuel the next round in the market war over the physical makeup of new vehicles on the road. Environmentally, plastic has the early upper hand when it comes to ...