>
> I think that Neil is very close to the mark in saying that when the
>> welded label rusts off then the tank is failed.
>>
>
NOTHING certain about that at all. I know 2 volks who referbed their own
tanks,
tag-not-included on the tank, and apparently, because the tanks appeared in
such fine, repainted, spanking-clean shape, they've never had any trouble
getting them filled. These people are in 2 different states (U.S.).

bob