Date:         Sun, 16 Sep 2001 21:16:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Help! Saga of the leaky gas tank continues
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Hi All,

Well remember a few weeks ago I posted the status of my leaky gas tank..
well here is the latest.

If you remember I dropped the tank and replaced the grommets and the o-ring
for the sending unit and then reassembled it to find that it still leaked.

Then I posted a question if you could change the cross over vent line with
out dropping the tank.  Well I did it and it was fairly easy if you first
tie a string to the old one before you pull it out and then tie the string
to the new one and pull it back through... worked like a charm... but it
still leaked

So today I dropped the tank again to replace the hose clamps on the gas tank
that go to the overflow tanks and I replaced the lines just in case...then
down to the gas station for a fill up... and by the time I go home it was
slowly leaking (drip, drip, drip) a total bummer!

I believe that the leak is coming from the o-ring on the sending unit.   I
suspect it is the o-ring because the graphite lub. I used just didn't seem
right; the local parts guys said use the powdered kind.  Is this the correct
graphite lube to use?

Thanks in advance.

Jere
90 GL
88 GL