Fuel Crossover tube
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Fuel Crossover tube
Ok, talking with a fellow corvette owner and he told me about the fuel crossover tube leaking on a 04 corvette. He thought it only affected certain vin numbers. Does any body know if this is true?? And would you know which Vin numbers. I bought my vette 2 years ago with 22,000 miles on it. I'm 3rd owner. Is there any where I can go to see if this was fixed on my corvette. Thks in advance
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Ok, talking with a fellow corvette owner and he told me about the fuel crossover tube leaking on a 04 corvette. He thought it only affected certain vin numbers. Does any body know if this is true?? And would you know which Vin numbers. I bought my vette 2 years ago with 22,000 miles on it. I'm 3rd owner. Is there any where I can go to see if this was fixed on my corvette. Thks in advance
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If your vin is falls into one of the affected vin numbers you can check with your Chevy dealer to see if it was fixed under the recall. If it wasn't then there is nothing you can do except sell it if you are afraid of it leaking or are not prepared to pay the 2k or so it would cost to fix it. Most of these failed early in the life of the car so chances are you are ok. I bought a 04 with 31k miles almost 3 years ago and so far so good, no leak. I don't worry about it since there's nothing I can do about it. I only think about it when this question comes up in the forum. I believe that my car is old.enough and has been used long enough that it would have failed by now if it was going to fail.
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Write your full Vin down and call or visit the dealer.
Can anyone say why exactly these leaked or how it was fixed?
And 2k or sell is ridiculous and I hope just humor. The tanks are a pain to get out, but easy to work on from there. I'd call it a weekend project. If you wanted to buy extensions and connectors for the different hat location you could even install an older pair of fuel tanks and the rubber style crossover. Parts might be about $350 for two tanks, a tube, and whatever fuel lines/fittings you'd need.
Can anyone say why exactly these leaked or how it was fixed?
And 2k or sell is ridiculous and I hope just humor. The tanks are a pain to get out, but easy to work on from there. I'd call it a weekend project. If you wanted to buy extensions and connectors for the different hat location you could even install an older pair of fuel tanks and the rubber style crossover. Parts might be about $350 for two tanks, a tube, and whatever fuel lines/fittings you'd need.
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Write your full Vin down and call or visit the dealer.
Can anyone say why exactly these leaked or how it was fixed?
And 2k or sell is ridiculous and I hope just humor. The tanks are a pain to get out, but easy to work on from there. I'd call it a weekend project. If you wanted to buy extensions and connectors for the different hat location you could even install an older pair of fuel tanks and the rubber style crossover. Parts might be about $350 for two tanks, a tube, and whatever fuel lines/fittings you'd need.
Can anyone say why exactly these leaked or how it was fixed?
And 2k or sell is ridiculous and I hope just humor. The tanks are a pain to get out, but easy to work on from there. I'd call it a weekend project. If you wanted to buy extensions and connectors for the different hat location you could even install an older pair of fuel tanks and the rubber style crossover. Parts might be about $350 for two tanks, a tube, and whatever fuel lines/fittings you'd need.
It is a little bit of humor, but what I was saying is that don't worry about it because it's either going to break or not, and there's nothing you can do about it anyway.
