Fuel leak

[Big Col]

Hi All,
Daughter comes home today and says, Dad is there something leaking from your car? Off I go to have a look and yep sure enough diesel dripping down the side of the tank where the filler neck goes in
I'm hoping it's going to be a pipe but knowing my luck the bloody tank is leaking. So for a laugh I rang Nissan £425.00 he said any chance of a discount I say yeah I'll do it for £382.00.
If I was a betting man what's the chances it's the bloody tank!

Colin

 

[elty001]

Will probably be the fuel line where it goes over the chassis.had two terrano's which have had the leak in the same place.
This one has had a repair done already but I am going to replace all the fuel lines underneath when I get the time off work.

 

[Big Col]

Bloody Hope so:naughty are the fuel lines steel?
Colin

 

[rustic]

...If I was a betting man what's the chances it's the bloody tank!
Colin

Well I changed my tank earlier in the year, 18 years old on a 95 registration, just prior to the MOT, quoted £400 from Ford. WOW... :doh no chance...

NOTE: LWB and SWB tanks are different sizes and shapes.

Mine was a fault on the front seam, between the three fixing bolts.
The seam lets in water, rusts and expands, and it is this expansion that tears the weld apart and then it leaks.

I ground down the rust... and it went through to the other side...:doh

So I then looked at ebay, looked at several tanks around the country from breakers, and they were ALL the same, the front seam had expanded too, so only time before that leaks.

However one trip to Southport, and £30 lighter, I found a tank that was better than the others, so I de rusted the seam, and filled it with leak fix, then chemical metal, then waxoyl, so I hope this will last the mav out.

The rear seam is not as exposed as the front, so get close up pics of that FRONT seam, before you travel...

There are not many good second hand tanks around.:doh

Hope it helps, should it be the tank.

Rustic

 

[AD Ent]

if it is the fuel pipes over the rear axle there is a worksheet In the downloads. I replaced mine to halfway down the chassis and double clips.

 

[Big Col]

Thanks all I'll have a look in the morning.
Colin

 

[zippy656]

I changed my fuel line for plastic from oilybits

 

[geoffdown]

I changed my fuel line for plastic from oilybits

zippy means rubber:augie

 

[Big Col]

Turned out to be fuel lines both rotten near the fuel tank. Renewed them right up to filter housing.
Colin.

 

[AD Ent]

:clap

 

[briggie]

zippy means rubber:augie

we try not to mention the R word in front of zippy ..... it gets him excited :sly

 

[geoffdown]

we try not to mention the R word in front of zippy ..... it gets him excited :sly

sorry no 1 told me:augie

 

[zippy656]

zippy means rubber:augie

No, clear plastic tube.

Was looking for air bubbles