[Healeys] Fuel sender leak
Bob Spidell
bspidell at comcast.net
Fri Jan 1 10:58:16 MST 2021
FWIW, I occasionally--these days, previously often--filled my BJ8's tank
within a couple inches of the filler hole; esp. when I know I'm facing a
long stretch with no gas stations. For example, it's over 200 miles from
Caliente, NV to Tonopah, NV with a medium-sized mountain range in
between and no gas. I once shut off my engine and coasted for a few
miles on the downslope when I was running low into Tonopah; and once,
some Jeepers arrived at Rachel, NV--which at one time had some
regular--begging for gas and offering to 'pay anything' for a few
gallons. I'm not recommending the practice, but you do what you have to do.
If the smell is indeed coming through the sleeve, I believe green
threadlocker ('Locktite') is meant to be used post-installation of
fasteners, as it supposedly weeps into tiny gaps. I have no idea how
well it would hold up to today's pseudo-gasoline, though.
On 1/1/2021 9:10 AM, warthodson--- via Healeys wrote:
> John,
> If the white plastic sleeve is is glued in place it is problematic to
> try to remove it a try to seal it. As you probably already know, if
> the fuel is reaching the elevation of the plastic sleeve then it is
> above the top of the fuel tank & that means that every thing
> associated with the tank is under positive pressure. Any small leak
> will be apparent due to the smell of fuel. That would also include the
> rubber sleeve connecting the tank to the fuel filler tube especially
> if the fuel tank is filled so that there is standing fuel in the
> filler tube & then the car is parked. If the leak is small enough,
> there might not be any fuel visible, only vapor & the smell. You might
> try parking the car for a few days with the fuel level about 3/4 full
> & see if you can still smell fuel.
> Gary Hodson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Spaur <jmsdarch at sbcglobal.net>
> To: rfbegani at gmail.com; 'Bob Haskell' <rchaskell at earthlink.net>;
> 'Healey List' <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2020 8:28 pm
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fuel sender leak
>
> Here are some photos of a new Moss after-market sender showing the sleeve.
> It seems to be glued in place.
>
>
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