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Stain on fuel tank
« on: 18 April 2017, 19:42:58 »

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Noticed a stain on the bottom of tank as if slightly leaking, hard to be accurate about where is coming from but looks like from top down the back of hanger and then staining around about bottom of where hanger strap is, or from down the front of tank and blown back by wind.



Actually no smell of gas (unless I drop one!). It might be when engine is running and car moving perhaps, then dries up by time it has been sitting.

If I remember rightly is there a common fault with the pick up pipe rusting on omegas?
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Re: Stain on fuel tank
« Reply #1 on: 18 April 2017, 21:07:35 »

Remove the plate in the boot and find out ;)
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Re: Stain on fuel tank
« Reply #2 on: 18 April 2017, 21:16:05 »

Hi

Noticed a stain on the bottom of tank as if slightly leaking, hard to be accurate about where is coming from but looks like from top down the back of hanger and then staining around about bottom of where hanger strap is, or from down the front of tank and blown back by wind.



Actually no smell of gas (unless I drop one!). It might be when engine is running and car moving perhaps, then dries up by time it has been sitting.

If I remember rightly is there a common fault with the pick up pipe rusting on omegas?
somebody once advised me to sprinkle talc powder in the area where I suspected the leak to be & the leak would become obvious by washing the talc away in that particular area. it did too.
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Re: Stain on fuel tank
« Reply #3 on: 18 April 2017, 21:22:37 »

Why would a petrol tank smell of gas?
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Re: Stain on fuel tank
« Reply #4 on: 18 April 2017, 21:46:33 »

Why would a petrol tank smell of gas?

Short for gas-o-line!
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Re: Stain on fuel tank
« Reply #5 on: 18 April 2017, 21:47:10 »

Remove the plate in the boot and find out ;)
Scared to look, might be trolls in there!
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Re: Stain on fuel tank
« Reply #6 on: 18 April 2017, 21:55:16 »

Oh how we laughed ::)

For the sake of lifting the carpet and undoing four screws, can you afford not to :-X
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Re: Stain on fuel tank
« Reply #7 on: 18 April 2017, 22:11:01 »

Oh how we laughed ::)

For the sake of lifting the carpet and undoing four screws, can you afford not to :-X

I'll give it a butchers and see what's happening in there
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Re: Stain on fuel tank
« Reply #8 on: 18 April 2017, 22:25:03 »

you need to taste it :-\
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Re: Stain on fuel tank
« Reply #9 on: 19 April 2017, 00:19:07 »

Run your finger through the grease mark and see if its flamable
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Re: Stain on fuel tank
« Reply #10 on: 19 April 2017, 21:35:40 »

 ;D   ;D   ;D  F-Kinhell he'll put a lighter to his finger  :D
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