Leaky tank :(
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Hey guys just wondering if any off u ever had a fuel tank leak around the filler pipe area ? I fuel up but can't see exactly where from thow
are there any other fuel pipes etc around this area and is it a bitch off a job to replace thanks 
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daimlerman
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Tank fails at it's seam and where the filler stub fits.To test,slide under the car just forward of the r/h rear wheel and grab the filler pipe and pull.If it moves,or comes off in your mitt,you need a new tank.
It's a good half day job,propshaft,heat shields and so on are all in the way.
It's a good half day job,propshaft,heat shields and so on are all in the way.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Yup. Thats a new tank job. It rusts out around the inlet filler, nothing to be done other than suck up for a new tank. Or stop filling it up and never park on a slope to the right. I lived like that for quite some time whilst debating and saving.
I saved and sucked it up. And a good choice it was too. Do the bushes, rear diff and brake lines whilst you've got the subframe out.
I saved and sucked it up. And a good choice it was too. Do the bushes, rear diff and brake lines whilst you've got the subframe out.
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Rtaylor2208
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This should help save you money on a new tank:
http://www.crashrepairparts.com/parts/p ... 0?_ts=8194
http://www.crashrepairparts.com/parts/p ... 0?_ts=8194

