Change Your Fuel Filter Lately?
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I'd be leery as to what hose was used between the pump and the metal tubes. If it is not the right hose, it will leak sooner or later.
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Usually that hose is replaced with hose that is RATED for fuel IMMERSION. I don't fully understand what happens if the hose is not rated but some have said it eventually leaks. As to the fuel system, I'd check it for internal leaks like the check valve in the pump (if it has one) or somewhere else.
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Usually that hose is replaced with hose that is RATED for fuel IMMERSION. I don't fully understand what happens if the hose is not rated but some have said it eventually leaks. As to the fuel system, I'd check it for internal leaks like the check valve in the pump (if it has one) or somewhere else.
I was thinking about the fuel smell yesterday... it was like 100 degrees here. Maybe just the full tank of gas combined with the emissions evap canister it was more noticeable. I think everything is ok. Im just always paranoid after a repair....
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I dont think the hose would ever be immersed in fuel. Its on the top of the tank (outside) of it. Like I said, its a factory part and the one end is much like a PS pump hose crimp fitting, which is crimped to the hard fuel line. Its just 31 years old and the end where the hose clamps to the steel nipple was hard and taken form over the barbed portion of the nipple. Thats what made it hard to push/pull off.
I was thinking about the fuel smell yesterday... it was like 100 degrees here. Maybe just the full tank of gas combined with the emissions evap canister it was more noticeable. I think everything is ok. Im just always paranoid after a repair....
I was thinking about the fuel smell yesterday... it was like 100 degrees here. Maybe just the full tank of gas combined with the emissions evap canister it was more noticeable. I think everything is ok. Im just always paranoid after a repair....
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Perhaps but at this time, I do not know if it has a pulsator that came loose or a fuel rated hose. Also we do not have a direction to look at with respect to where the leak is around.
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The hose INSIDE the tank has to be special hose for immersion. All modern fuel hose has a plasticized liner inside the hose. You can see it, and pick the liner with your fingernail. Immersion hose has the liner on the outside as well. If the hose deteriorates from the outside-in because its the wrong type, the pressure blows it out. The engine quits running because there is no fuel pressure.
I'm wondering if the debris in your filter is the foam anti-noise sleeve on the old pump?
For gas fumes in the engine compartment with no obvious leaks, inspect all the evaporative canister hoses carefully for deterioration, and for being attached to the engine.
I'm wondering if the debris in your filter is the foam anti-noise sleeve on the old pump?
For gas fumes in the engine compartment with no obvious leaks, inspect all the evaporative canister hoses carefully for deterioration, and for being attached to the engine.
I'm not sure on the debris... this is the 3rd pump the car has had in its life. I don't know what the PO or shop found... I really didn't find anything that pointed to what was in the filter.
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So the small 3" long fuel hose that comes with the new unit is what you're talking about.... I am assuming that the manufacturer would assemble the unit with the correct hose wouldn't they?
I'm not sure on the debris... this is the 3rd pump the car has had in its life. I don't know what the PO or shop found... I really didn't find anything that pointed to what was in the filter.
I'm not sure on the debris... this is the 3rd pump the car has had in its life. I don't know what the PO or shop found... I really didn't find anything that pointed to what was in the filter.
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Thanks for clarifying!!
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