Leaking fuel tank, Fixed - but a heads up |
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Leaking fuel tank, Fixed - but a heads up |
DaveO90s4 |
Jan 29 2017, 05:23 AM
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Hi all,
Arrived home from holiday to find my 914, parked in the shed, surrounded by a very large puddle of petrol. Was leaking from one of the connections at the bottom of the tank. 'Nipping' up the 22mm bolt reduced the leak to a weep, but did not fix the problem. So I removed the fittings to see what the problem was. Well, the short steel tube that protrudes into the tank (and which the nut goes around) was bottoming inside the tank. That meant the nut could not seal when done up tight. The solution was simple:- cut4-5 mm off the end that goers into the tank so when the nut is done up it seats on the washer, without the tube bottoming out. My 1975 car had a rusty tank - this is a tank from a different model. Maybe Fritz changed the specs between years (or I'd put the wrong tubes in to the wrong holes). In any event, all fuel tight now, but worth checking the tube shaft length and tank receiver length if swapping tanks. Cheers Dave |
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