Phantom fuel leak
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Phantom fuel leak
My '81 Olds 98 sits in indoor storage for six months during the hot AZ months. When I started it up this week for the first time since February, I got out to see a large pool of fuel forming just under the fuel pump. In the thirty seconds or so that it was running, I would estimate that it left a four by six foot pool of fuel. As you know these pumps are virtually impossible to see from above. I crawled underneath and, sure enough, the bottom of the pump was clean and wet. The pump is about six years old. Suspecting (and hoping) for a cracked rubber line, today I removed the fan shroud to get a better look. The top of the fuel pump was dry and dirty, so obviously no gas leak there. There is now no sign of a leak and I've driven it around for twenty minutes or so. What could have caused this?
#5
If there was a puddle of fuel, then there is still a potential problem... If it magically disappeared, rest assured, it WILL magically reappear, and most likely at the most inconvenient time...
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a large pool of fuel forming just under the fuel pump. In the thirty seconds or so that it was running, I would estimate that it left a four by six foot pool of fuel. As you know these pumps are virtually impossible to see from above. I crawled underneath and, sure enough, the bottom of the pump was clean and wet.
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August 6th, 2015 04:55 PM