I bought a 2001 era Road King gas tank on eBay. It's in good shape but the lining of the tank is black. Also,some of the lining is missing metal at the bottom of the tank directly below fuel gauge. It's about 3" long and an inch wide of bare metal. I checked the rest of the tank lining and it looks good and consistent with no rust, but the black color of the tank lining worries me. I thought that the tank lining was supposed to be gray in color.

Thanks.

 

it may have been re-lined with an after market tank liner that is black, i think POR-15's tank liner might in fact be black.

 

the POR 15 kit i just used was in fact Silver