What would happen: DOT inspection with a leaking fuel tank

Jb weld will work.

I used it for a fuel switch on a motorcycle for 2 years and sold it without any leaks.

 

We have to carry the kiddie pools in our trucks at all times up north, and put it under the engine compartment any time you park for more than just a couple of minutes, just in case you might spring a leak.
We call them duck ponds, mine has had a hole in it for several years, but it serves it's purpose. lol We also have to carry a spill kit, so we can dig up anything spilt on the ground or ice, including the coffee you just poured out of your cup if caught. lol

 

JB Weld

 

So, I was and was not joking about the JB weld..In the 70's I was a hang glider pilot living in Texas and we did our flying in Southeast OK. We would always take my car because it was a company car and I think at the time it only cost about 8 cents per mile to drive it fuel and ins included so it was a pretty cheap ride with 3 or 4 chipped in. One time traveling up a rocky dirt road I bottomed out and a rock punctured my fuel tank.

I was pretty much in a panic because I was picturing the bill I would receive for a tow truck going up a back hills road up a 1200 foot mountain. One of the guys got out and handed me a bar of soap. He was shaving pieces off of it and saying shove these in the hole. I thought he was nuts but I was desperate so I started doing so and within seconds some chemical reaction happened and I had a smooth Irish Spring green plug covering the hole. I turned around and got off the mountain as quickly as I could. The plug lasted about 50 miles then started leaking so I plugged it again, stopped at a town a few miles up the road and bought some JB weld and sandpaper. I shinned the tank up good with the sandpaper, covered it with JB Weld and drove it that way for a couple more years until i got new company car.

 

Bankrupt the company? Doubt it. Highly doubt it.

We had a brand new freightliner pulled into inspection in Truckee CA, fuel was leaking out of his tanks
Truck was placed OOS. Company did not go bankrupt.

 

You're new here... you'll learn.

 

OOS like I stated.

The company situation depends on the nature of the incident. I tend to consider worse case scenarios and work back to simple OOS.