To make a long story short... the old gas tank is leaking, and there is now a foot-wide hole in our asphalt driveway. GM says $600 for a new one, anybody know where I can get one cheaper?

E-Bay. New $200.00

Spectra makes a new one. Many sources cheaper than GM.

The tanks are fairly easy to find used, Riviera, Toronado, Eldorado and Seville used the same gas tank.

I know NAPA Auto Parts has them listed. I believe approx: $189.00. I'm not sure about new tank straps. I got my tank straps at Advanced Auto Parts, approx: $29.00 for both.

Had my friend in the business get me a new one. Price was about $115 2 years ago. Sorry I can't help you get one. There is a lot of soddering to install a new one. Unless you are good at this I would have a specialist do the install. A used one would probably go right in but you have a 15 year old part........I had the title of [sodder over repair] when in the Gm. plant. When the automatic machine broke down I could sodder in the [fill pipe] by hand at a rate of 60 an hour. The torch I used had a 3 ft. flame. The white shirts stood around in dis-belief. All tanks then had to be tested under water for leaks........Yah, I had my reatta gas tank installed by someone else....Ken

D.K.... when you say "there is a lot of soldering to install a new one" I presume you are talking about making a new one.

I have installed two tanks and there is no soldering involved. Your statement, mis-read, might scare off potential owners that need to change a tank.

Barney:> I can only say that you must have installed a used gas tank? I looked at the old one that came out of my car at the time. There were at least 2 or 3 places where pipes had to be un-soddered and put on the new tank. I guess some tanks [could] come with these pipes already installed. The one I bought did not. That might be the reason the tank was $115 wholesale. AS stated: The tanks at the Gm. assembly plant came without a filler neck. The reason, one tank might go into 4 different [brands] but use 4 different filler pipes. I don't want to scare off any owner's install. The question when buying should be [is] it ready to be installed? Ken

Barney is correct. There is NO soldering involved in replacing our gas tanks. I ahve also replaced one or two and NEVER did I have to solder any part of it. The last one was a 91 tank in to a 90. After you drop the sending unit and pump into the tank and tightan it down, all you have left is to attach the filler neck with the hose and than put the straps back on.
Where do you solder it? Gee, maybe I missed something.

I think there are 2 conversations going here. D.K.Watson is talking of soldering in the G.M. plant, and everyone else is talking about buying an aftermarket. I would expect that there would be soldering at the plant because one tank can be used on numerous cars with just a change in the filler neck.
I would also expect an aftermarket tank to be ready for installation with the appropiate filler neck already soldered in place.

I have a couple here I would let go for $20 each. Shipping might be an issue though. In Pasadena, just outside Houston, Tx.

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I actually just ordered one, just in time. The car started stalling every time it began to idle. I lost half a tank of gas driving the 4 miles to the garage... $20 would have been nice though.

I would like to add my experience on the tanks on Ebay: Some of them are Silla tanks, which I don't personally like. They are too generic, don't fit all that well. I got one on Ebay, turned out to be a Silla, and it wasn't fun to put on, and I had to bend up the lip on the outer edge near the exhaust since they were touching (and wow, what a resonance that makes through the car) plus they are completely hollow inside, as I imagine all or most after-market ones are, so expect sloshing and to hear your fuel pump more with those. I found that the whole sending unit/sifter don't sit the same in the Silla, and it rattles against the bottom of the tank sometimes. Glad you got a factory one with the baffles and non-generic fit. Didn't find soldering to do on mine, I used my old filler neck and everything else. Which BTW, should be replaced on mine, it's very rusty. Anyone have a nice, rust-free one to sell?

How long does it take to get oue out of a car? I have never needed one, but this topic made for some interesting reading.

Tom