Re: [DML] Fuel leak, please help...
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Re: [DML] Fuel leak, please help...



By now you've heard a lot of advice so here's a little more.
1.) Look under the hood near the front of the car where the rubber hoses connect to the hard line.
If no leak at the connectors then:
2.) Take off the change holder in the rear of the console. There is a hard plastic covering that covers access to the gas line connectors to the accumulator. Also, you can see the accumulator by getting under the car and looking up into a hole that let's you remove it.
3.) In the right rear of the car is the fuel filter. Doubtful, but it could be leaking there.
NOW for the real test.
After I did all this and everybody kept telling me that it had to be one of these places, I kept telling them that it wasn't. It was right in between. So, I removed the entire console, and the rubber boot covering the stick shift. At this point, I could see both fuel lines running on the passenger side between the frame and the body. It was leaking right near the front of the stick shift. The reason was because there was a felt spacer right there that pads the body from the frame. Over time, This had held moisture and corroded the hard steel lines. Yes, they actually corroded and had a hole.
The lesson was that you have to check the entire line from start to finish. Everybody told me that there was no way it was leaking in the middle of the line.


They also said you would have to separate the body from the frame to repair this.
I was able to fix it by purchasing some high pressure line and cutting the hard line on both ends. I used a fish tape to pull the line through the small space between the body and frame.
Good Luck
Sincerely,
Dale Funk
4984



From: Scott Tester <scott@xxxx>
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Subject: [DML] Fuel leak, please help...
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 17:35:39 -0700 (PDT)

Just finished doing all sorts of electrical and cooling work to my car, and I was excited to get it back on the road.

So my girlfriend and I hop in the car and I start it for the first test drive. Just before I close the door I smell fuel and upon looking under the car find that I have a small stream of fuel leaking from the middle of the car. So I immediately turned the ignition off and grabbed the fire extinguisher just in case.

I jacked the car up, but could not find where the leak is coming from. Is there a part of the fuel line in the middle of the car that is prone to leaking? Anyone else had an experience like this?

Scott Tester scott(at)delorean(dot)com


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