Toro 22" Recycler with leaking gas tank - free replacement

I have a 2007 Toro 22" Model 20071 recycler mower. At then end of last season when I was just ready to mow a small area of lawn, I saw gas pouring out from somewhere like there was no tomorrow. Well, being the end of the season, I emptied the tank and put the mower in the barn with the idea that I would fix it this season. About a week ago I started poking around and realized that the fuel was leaking from the seam around the tank... poor design for a tank if you ask me. Anyway I searched the Internet and found several folks with the same issue. One of the guys said he contacted Certified Parts Corp, the company that took over for Tecumseh, and they replaced the tank as part of "service bulletin 506." I contacted them yesterday and they required a photo of the DOM tag (date of manufacture & model identifier) and a photo of the tank. I emailed that information and received a reply today that the tank is in the mail. It's really nice to find a company that just "does the right thing." The email address is tankshiper@gmail.com (yes, only one "p"). Don't bother contacting Toro. They won't admit to anything.

Received the tank yesterday... 3 days after I emailed them.

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Thank you so much for the information! We are having the same problems with our mower's gas tank, and I emailed them today. Fingers crossed that our new tank comes as quickly as yours did. Thank you for your post - we really appreciated having that good information to reference!

Glad to pass around good news. Let us know what happens.

Update: Replacement part came today...just 4 days after emailing!

I discovered the exact same problem with my Toro Recycler when I filled up the tank before going out to mow the lawn this afternoon. Thank you for providing such an easy solution! I'll be asking for my replacement as soon as I can get some pics, and will post the results here.
-rw

So I sent my info, and received a reply in less than 2 minutes that my claim had been processed, shipping time may be 2 - 10 days. I'll post again when the part arrives.

Thanks again to the OP for the info!

New tank just arrived in the mail, 3 days after I contacted Tankshiper.

Thanks again for the info, OP!

-rw

I also have a leaking tank that just started out of the blue. It is a Briggs and Straton engine so they will honor the change out? Do you have contact information you can share? Is it easy to replace?

I received my new tank in about a week.
Thanks for the info.