Fuel tanks represent a unique challenge to automotive material suppliers. On the outside they must resist road salt, slush, snow, ice, rainwater, stones and assorted road debris for the life of the vehicle. On the inside they must resist the corrosive chemical attack of various fuel additives while maintaining a benign relationship with everything from pure gasoline to various and constantly-changing formulations of bio-fuels. With performance standards unique to each automaker, fuel tank materials must also be highly formable into complex shapes, weldable, and readily available in high volumes at globally competitive prices.

MSC’s Walbridge, Ohio facility is uniquely equipped to meet the fuel system requirements of automakers around the world. Our electrogalvanizing line is the only one in the US currently producing the ultra-durable zinc-nickel galvanized steel, along with the more common zinc and galvalume coatings. Our plant then coats our electrogalvanized steels, hot-dip galvanized steel, or hot dip aluminized steel with organic coatings specifically developed for fuel system applications that comply with:

• Ford Spec – WSL-M1A325-B1- Gas and Bio Diesel
• GM Spec – GM6295M – Gas and Bio Diesel
• Chrysler Spec – MS-4857 – Zinc Nickel and PS9163 – Filler Tubes

Available coatings include: chrome and chrome-free systems for gasoline, flex fuels and bio-diesel applied over MSC’s advanced zinc/nickel galvanized steel; chrome free systems applied over HDG aluminized steel; and aluminum-rich epoxy. Walbridge also offers edge trim, re-inspection, and export packaging capabilities to create a comprehensive single-source of supply for fuel system materials.