| Author | Message | ||
     Brad Brinkman (Brad_b) New Member Username: Brad_b Post Number: 31 Registered: 09-2002 |
My series III when driving you can smell gas really bad it wasn't to bad awhile ago. Then I filled my tanks up today and later could smell gas really bad. I looked at the carb. and didn't see a leak. is there any common problems with the fuel lines or something that could be the problem. | ||
| Art Bitterman (Aardvark) Member Username: Aardvark Post Number: 50 Registered: 05-2003 |
Check out the fuel lines going from the filler to the tank; might be worn and cracked letting the fumes escape. Art Bitterman 1960 SII | ||
| Brad Brinkman (Brad_b) New Member Username: Brad_b Post Number: 32 Registered: 09-2002 |
Alright thanks I will do that. | ||
| eric johnson (Eric2) Member Username: Eric2 Post Number: 87 Registered: 05-2003 |
The welds on the tank may be going, If I overfill the tank and see gas down in the filler neck, it will weep at some of the old joints. Thats why I have a new tank waiting to go in. | ||
| Sandy Grice (Apg) New Member Username: Apg Post Number: 16 Registered: 02-2003 |
The series III has a sealed fuel system. There is an elbow on top of the tank which leads *through* the cabin to an expansion tank hidden in the rear wheel well on the driver's side. From there, another line goes to the charcoal cannister under the hood. While the lines are some kind of stiff plastic that lasts for decades, the elbows break down and you can get fuel vapors from them. Cheers | ||
| eric johnson (Eric2) Member Username: Eric2 Post Number: 101 Registered: 05-2003 |
Check the nut that tightens the fuel line to the pick-up tube. I thought I had a big crack in the tank, but the nut was loose. | ||
| Alan Greening (Alan_g) Member Username: Alan_g Post Number: 48 Registered: 04-2003 |
The fuel lines are prone to leak, especially in the engine bay where they get hot. Also, modern, low sulphur fuel with all of it's fancy additives to stop this, that and the other can cause the fuel lines in your older vehicle to rot. The other problem (apart from fire) is that leaked petrol (or gas)evapourates really quickly and doesn't stain, making leakes hard to see unless the engine is running. But please be very VERY careful when flexing and pulling fuel lines about in the engine bay with it running. |
