[doc] Re: FUEL LEAK DISCOVERED - HELP!

["blackaddertoo" <blackaddertoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

while you are there it may be worth changing your older
pipes for new ones.

obviously be ultra carefull as a fire here may be hard to put out as 
fuel may have run across down the side of the tank.

Regards

Steve





--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mike Bosworth" <mike.bosworth@xxxx> 
wrote:
>
> Craig
> 
> No obviously your fuel boot / pump shouldnt have any fuel on the 
top 
> side of it :)
> 
> Fuel is seeping up from the fuel tank over the top of the pump.. i 
> would remove the boot and the pump from the top of the tank and  
> undo the jubbile clip that holds the pump to the rubber fuel boot. 
> check the fuel boot for signs of perishing, splits etc if its all 
ok 
> then the fuel is seeping up down the side of the pump where it 
meets 
> the boot or through the return line hole  ( the metal return line 
> should have a clip on it as it goes through the boot ). Is the 
main 
> fuel line fixed tight onto the top of the pump?
> 
> On reinstallation the pump should be tight in the boot with the 
> jubille clip and when installed back into the tank the fuel pump 
> boot cover should be tight down on the neck of the fuel tank by 
the 
> other clip.
> 
> Easier to show or explain the write down but however I hope this 
> helps :)
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Mike 
> #2001 / 401
> 
> 
> --- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Craig Churchill <mrvic20@xxxx> 
wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Hi all 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Took the d out for a spin today...i took off all the access 
panels 
> as i thought i might have a fuel leak as i sometimes got a whiff 
of 
> petrol.  After about 20 mins i took a look and everything was bone 
> dry.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I noticed that the low fuel light had come on...i was chuffed as 
i 
> had never ran it low enough for it to come in b4.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I went to the local garage and put in 35 litres....of the lovely 
> stuff.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I got home and parked in front of my house (Which is on quite a 
> steep hill) i decided to have another check for leaks and when i 
did 
> i found a steady steam of fuel running out near where the two 
wires 
> were.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I then quickly parked it on the flat and left it in Nuetral...it 
> continued to ooze out and got worse.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > See pic 1
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/mrvic20/DSCF0808.jpg
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I decided to take of the cap expecting to find a perished rubber 
> boot...i took off the jubillee and found that the boot was in good 
> condition (certaintly around the rim)
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > See pic2
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/mrvic20/DSCF0806.jpg
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > But is this right...shoud fuel be covering the pump?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Secondly when i lifted the pump up a bit i could see that the 
tank 
> was brim full.  On my explodaview it says 51.6 lire tank well i 
defo 
> only put in 35 litres does that mean the light comes on with 15 
> litres still in the tank?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Please help?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > OH and the speedo stopped working today as well!
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > GUTTED!
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Many Thanks
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Craig
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > DOC 388
> > 
> > VIN 16723
> > 
> > 
> > 
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