Fuel leak (again) - fixed
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Quick update, in case it happens to anyone else...
There's a drain nipple on the fuel pump that has a rubber stopper on it. About 130k miles ago, the stock one cracked and started leaking, so I replaced it with a vacuum hose cover from the parts store, secured it with a tie wrap, and went on my merry way.
Last week, I got really bad gas mileage (18 or so), and then noticed a strong fuel odor the next morning. Sure enough, the bandaid had finally let loose again. Back to a parts store, and 20 minutes later it was all fixed again, hopefully for another 125,000+ miles
There's a drain nipple on the fuel pump that has a rubber stopper on it. About 130k miles ago, the stock one cracked and started leaking, so I replaced it with a vacuum hose cover from the parts store, secured it with a tie wrap, and went on my merry way.
Last week, I got really bad gas mileage (18 or so), and then noticed a strong fuel odor the next morning. Sure enough, the bandaid had finally let loose again. Back to a parts store, and 20 minutes later it was all fixed again, hopefully for another 125,000+ miles
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I once sprang a leak from the fuel hose,it had gotten worn over time so instead of replacing it with more hose, I just cut before the spot of the hole and put it back on, sure enough it keep poping holes again and again, it only did it when the car was off at first and then when it was still running, ran to the part store and got a longer size hose and problem fixed.