[Healeys] fuel sender leak

Robert Begani rfbegani at gmail.com
Wed Jun 5 10:05:20 MDT 2019


Great.  When I get back to Florida from Wet Cold Midwest, I will have to take out the sending unit in my BJ8 to see if it is positioned properly etc.

 

Bob 

 

From: Al Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 10:33 AM
To: 'Robert Begani' <rfbegani at gmail.com>
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Healeys] fuel sender leak

 

Hi Bob- just want to let you know the Fabreze extra strength seems to have worked!

 

Follow-up on cause = the fuel sender upper chamber was full to the brim with fuel.  I discovered this by driving the car for a couple of days with the Armacord out, an could see fuel on top of the sending unit… Removing the upper gasket revealed that fuel had made its way up into the rectangular chamber, but never drained back down.  As such, even when the tank level dropped, it was still sloshing fuel out the top of the sender.

 

I called Moss for advice as this is a new sending unit. The telephone rep told me she checked with technical and they say it is not unusual for there to be fuel in the top, and to just seal the gasket and screw threads.  I sopped out as much of the fuel as I could and sealed the gasket and threads, and will see how it goes.

 

Al Fuller

 

 

From: Robert Begani [mailto:rfbegani at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2019 4:11 AM
To: 'Al Fuller' <alfuller194 at gmail.com <mailto:alfuller194 at gmail.com> >
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> 
Subject: RE: [Healeys] fuel sender leak

 

Buy Febreze HD in the larger Container such as Qt. Size from Home Depot etc. and spray on, or soak it several times.  I had a diesel smell in the aft berth cushions of my sailboat and tried several types of solutions, but, Febreze finally did the job.

 

Washing inside and out and laying it out in the sun would usually work for Gasoline, while Diesel is much more difficult to remove.

 

Bob Begani

 

 

From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> > On Behalf Of Al Fuller
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2019 12:26 PM
To: 'Bob Spidell' <bspidell at comcast.net <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net> >
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> 
Subject: Re: [Healeys] fuel sender leak

 

I might try that as  a last resort, as it is likely to be very expensive. 

 

Do you have experience using a dry cleaner to get out gasoline odor?

 

Thanks, 

 

Al Fuller

 

 

From: Bob Spidell [mailto:bspidell at comcast.net] 
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2019 3:19 PM
To: Al Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com <mailto:alfuller194 at gmail.com> >
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> 
Subject: Re: [Healeys] fuel sender leak

 

Dry cleaner?


On May 25, 2019, at 12:02 PM, Al Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com <mailto:alfuller194 at gmail.com> > wrote:

All this talk of leaks from the fuel sender reminds me – any experience in getting the fuel odor out of the armacord that covers the fuel tank? I’ve dried it out in the sun, but it still smells of gasoline.

 

As I recall, when this happened previously I hosed it off with copious amounts of water, then put it in the sun to dry – which took quite some time, as it soaks up fluids like crazy.

 

Any better way?

 

Al Fuller

 

 

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