Re: How to find a leak in a gas tank

[Tom Watters <tomwatters@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sure its the tank?  or is your carb float bowl draining out slowly into 
or onto the intake??  I ask because I've had this same problem before 
and that's where I eventually found the leak.

After the car sits for a week, do you have to crank for a 30 seconds or 
so to fill the float bowls before it will start?

--Tom

Jim Altemose wrote:
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> Brian,
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> If it were me, I would take a dry tissue, start at the carb, and wipe
> with the tissue looking for wetness.  Wipe the carb and the fittings,
> then run down the line and do the same at fuel pump then down the line
> to the tank and sending unit, filler neck, etc.   Just a little
> moisture should be obvious. Cranking the fuel line nut too tight on
> the fuel pump can cause it to crack, so I'd spend some time there.
>
> If you have a pin hole in the tank, I've used the Eastwood tank
> coating treatment and it seemed to work very well.
>
> - Jim
> Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
> '63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
> '63 Polara 500 (383)
> '65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
> '71 Bronco
>
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> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Brian Safford <hzf9vv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > All,
> >
> > I'm pretty sure I have a leak in my gas tank but am having trouble finding
> > it. It isn't big enough to drip and I think what escapes evaporates before I
> > can see it. Garage always smells of gas.
> >
> > I've had the tank out once before to install a new float so taking it out
> > doesn't scare me - just not sure what to do with it once it's out.
> >
> > As always, thanks in advance.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Brian
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