2001 Ford Crown Victoria tank expiration date

[jefo]

Hey, I have a 01 crown victoria I bought a couple of years ago, and it says under the hood to not use the tanks after 2015. I looked at the tanks and it has december of 04 stamped out of a blue sticker on every one of the 6 tanks. does this mean the tanks were replaced and that is the date they were manufactured or were they just inspected in 04?
Thanks,
Jefo

[afvman]

Re: 2001 Ford Crown Victoria tank expiration date

Hey jefo,

The 'blue sticker' is the give-away. Those are CSA inspection labels. The original cylinder manufacture's label should have either a date of manufacture (which you can add 15 yrs to) or a 'Do Not Use After' date (for those that can't add).

So, stick with 2015 as the expiration date.

BTW, the cylinders are past due for another inspection (3 yrs. or 36,000 mi.)

afvman