Fuel leak
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Terrence79

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Wednesday 23rd March 2011
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I have what I'm guessing is a fuel leak coming from the middle of car (behind the engine between the seats) it stops when the engine is switched off fortunately. How acessible are the fuel pipes? I'm hoping it will be an easy fix so I can be driving it again asap!

Gerald-TVR

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226 months

Wednesday 23rd March 2011
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Not that easy to get ar I'm affraid, runs above propshaft and is cabled tied to chassis



To make matters worse its a hard plactic with pressure fittings but I might be able to help got the one off the car in the photo in my garage. Only in Droitwich do you want to drop round and have a look at the fuel line?

Norman

Terrence79

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Wednesday 23rd March 2011
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Hi Norman thanks for the quick reply, I haven't managed to have a look yet as I was in a hurry to get to work, I'm thinking that's it could only have been fuel as there wouldn't be any other clouds there?. I'm going back over after work to have a look (if I can find my ramps!!) any assistance would be greatly appreciated as I'm a bit of a novice!

Tom

Terrence79

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Wednesday 23rd March 2011
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Dam it-think my dd has lent my ramps to someone!!

phillpot

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Wednesday 23rd March 2011
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Terrence79 said:
I'm thinking that's it could only have been fuel as there wouldn't be any other clouds there? Tom
I'd make sure it is petrol before geting too worried, shuoldn't be any joins down there but suppose a pipe could have chaffed through ?
Or could it be running down the pipe from further along near the engine and dripping off at lowest point ?

Mine change from the hard plastic Norman mentioned to flexible rubber pipes just above the bell housing.

Terrence79

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Wednesday 23rd March 2011
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Blimey, back from the pub after a well earn't few pints and even I can see how bad my last couple of posts are - Dam the iphone and its spell checker/random word insertion!

Managed to find my ramps which had been kindly lent out to some neighbours and the leak is definately fuel from a connection towards the back of the engine/gearbox area. On the plus side I can get both hands around the connection which must be a good thing.........on the downside in my eagerness to get the car on the ramps my have managed to break one of my front indicators (which from peoples recent forum activaty must be are hard to get hold of). Pictures tomorrow when I figure how......too much ale to try and work that out now!

oh and my radiator fan has decided not to shut off frown

Tom

Terrence79

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Doh!!!!

Barkychoc

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Thursday 24th March 2011
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Tom if you look at the top of each of those blank posts there's a delete option biggrin

Terrence79

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There are blank posts?? I cant see any?!

Terrence79

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Have the pictures not uploaded??

Barkychoc

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Thursday 24th March 2011
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Doh! I'm at work - sorry can't see the pics as they are blocked.
The mention of a drunken haze and the fact I could only see blank posts with no text and your final one just showing as 'Doh!'

Terrence79

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Thursday 24th March 2011
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Lol- that's the reason I didn't try uploading them last night!!
Oxford gold - delicious !!

Terrence79

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Lol- that's the reason I didn't try uploading them last night!!
Oxford gold - delicious !!

ChrisGadd

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Doh !! now he's repeating himself biggrin

Terrence79

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Doh!

orange_dodo

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Thursday 24th March 2011
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I feel this thread may have deviated from the original topic slightly!

hehe

Terrence79

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Sunday 27th March 2011
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Best get back to topic as I want to be on the road again asap.........Wednesday would be nice!

from the pics the leak is from the joining fitting - is this a easy to get hold of part and if so is likey I can just change this all with I need to replace the whole plastic black plastic section that was mentioned before?

Tom