 Gas smell under the tank, more of a rant than anything |
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| rjames |
 Jul 8 2009, 10:39 AM
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I'm made of metal  Group: Members Posts: 4,268 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Shoreline, WA Member No.: 4,467 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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Open the front hood and you can smell the gas, and I can tell it's coming from the underside of the tank (new gasket on the topside).
I also had this problem last year. That's when I decided pull and refinish the tank (inside and out). At that time I replaced the tank filter sock and all washers, the fuel filter and all of the soft lines under the tank. Fuel smell gone! At least until this week when the smell of fuel returned with a vengence. Enough to stink up the garage when I open the hood. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) The rant is that I hate pulling the tank. It's a royal pain. So far it's been one of my least favorite jobs. Also, I hate that all of the work I did to get rid of any gas leaks/weeping lines etc, only lasted for a year. I also hate that the 'access' hole on the underside of the car is barely accessible by anyone- except for maybe rats and spiders. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) Ok, rant over. Back to your regularly scheduled day. |
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| Spoke |
Jul 9 2009, 12:01 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 7,169 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(rjames @ Jul 8 2009, 12:39 PM)  I also hate that the 'access' hole on the underside of the car is barely accessible by anyone- except for maybe rats and spiders. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) Then don't use the access hole. Instead of a 6 or 8 inch hose and having to go under the car to connect/disconnect, make the hoses 3 ft long. The extra hose won't make a difference on fuel delivery and will allow you to be able to lift the tank completely out of the cavity without disconnecting the hoses. The hoses should go from the tank, then loop over towards the driver side then back to the tunnel tubes. To hold the tank up while making/breaking connections, I use a couple of 2x4s between the bulkhead and the cowl. You can even start the car with the tank out of its cavity. I traced a fuel pump leak doing this. |
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| rjames |
Jul 9 2009, 01:31 PM
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I'm made of metal Group: Members Posts: 4,268 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Shoreline, WA Member No.: 4,467 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(Spoke @ Jul 9 2009, 11:01 AM) QUOTE(rjames @ Jul 8 2009, 12:39 PM) I also hate that the 'access' hole on the underside of the car is barely accessible by anyone- except for maybe rats and spiders. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) Then don't use the access hole. Instead of a 6 or 8 inch hose and having to go under the car to connect/disconnect, make the hoses 3 ft long. The extra hose won't make a difference on fuel delivery and will allow you to be able to lift the tank completely out of the cavity without disconnecting the hoses. The hoses should go from the tank, then loop over towards the driver side then back to the tunnel tubes. To hold the tank up while making/breaking connections, I use a couple of 2x4s between the bulkhead and the cowl. You can even start the car with the tank out of its cavity. I traced a fuel pump leak doing this. I did make the hose much longer than the original 6- 8". Good idea regarding the 2x4s to hold the tank up. I hadn't thought of that! Hopefully I gave myself enough room to have it up that high and still connected. My guess is that i wasn't thinking that far ahead at the time. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) |
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