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akaFrankCastle
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Joined: Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:25 pm Posts: 4901 Images: 0 Location: Colorado Springs
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Gas leak
So, I guess with it getting warmer, I kinda messed up. Yesterday after I got back in to town, I stopped off at the Shell close to home and topped off both tanks. Before I'd even finished at the pump, I had gas coming out of the auxillary tank with the cap on. So, I switched it over to the aux tank and drove it the rest of the way home to bring the level down. This afternoon I go out to the Bronco to grab something out of it, and my main tank is steadily leaking fuel from the cap. A nice wide streak of it headed down the rear quarter to a drip on the ground (and a hole in the asphalt right where the drip was?). I went ahead and switched back over to main, ran it for about 10 minutes and the leaks are now wrapped up.
Now, all of that being said, I'm guessing the increasing temperatures caused the fuel to expand in the tanks and blow by the gas caps. Sound about right?
_________________ Stroppe'd 1972 Sport, 302, 3 speed with old school Duff floor shifter, T shift Dana 20 with JB Fab twin stick, 4.11 gears with Trac-loc, Lincoln hydroboost, Chevy disc conversion, WH gas lift gate shock kit, 33" Duratrac tires on slots and about 2.5" of lift, Stroppe installed: bumper braces, dual shocks on all four corners, GM power steering, trans cooler mount, auto shift column, rollbar.
The Terrible One 1972 Sport uncut, 302, C4 with 1974 column , T shift Dana 20, 3.50 gears w/ limited slip, 1966 U13 Roadster kick panel, and factory power steering.
1973 Stroppe Baja project
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Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:15 pm |
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landshark
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Joined: Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:16 am Posts: 3942 Location: Denver, Wash Park Area
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Re: Gas leak
yup happened to me today... going to setup a sealed cap charcol canister setup as I dont want to leak while on the trail or off camber.. or when tis hot out..
_________________ 1976 Bronco "Green, Yellow, whatever", 1969 Bronco "Red", 1972 Bronco Stocker "Kind of Blue/Grayish"
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Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:37 pm |
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Jesus_man
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Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:36 am Posts: 5984 Location: California
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Re: Gas leak
Agreed. I want to do the charcoal thing too. normally not a problem in my rig, but when I go fill it up before a trail run and park it in the garage, it smells of gasoline pretty bad. No leaking, just venting.
_________________ 1973 Bronco, 351 SEFI, Locked, discs, 35's ZF-5spd and Atlas 4spd. 235:1 Crawl Ratio. It may be ugly, but it's slow. http://www.ucora.org
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