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Re: also check.... Posted by JimBlake [Email] ![]() ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Re: also check...., Fritzi, Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:20:02 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I used to have an '89 non-turbo... The tank isn't pressurized, so if it's not leaking from the fuel lines it's probably sloshing against the top of the tank.
To pull the fuel lines out I wouldn't use PB Blaster, it might make the plastic parts weaker more brittle. Maybe engine oil, or maybe vaseline & melt it down into there with a hairdryer. OTOH, be real careful with a hairdryer around a leaky gas tank...
Since you've already started the big plastic ring, that's good. Hold the center part still, unscrew the ring, take it all the way off. The pump is sprung up against the top of the tank, you'll have to push it down just enough to get the gasket out. It's real fat, not what I'd call an O-ring. Then the entire pump basket can be pulled out of the tank. Try not to let go of the pump basket, you'll have to go fishing in the tank to retrieve it. Be careful of the tubing & jet pump sticking out sideways at the bottom of the pump basket.
Mine was aligned OK. There's a mark on the tank to line up with a mark on the pump basket. Maybe that explains the leak? When tightening the collar, make sure the pump basket doesn't spin. If it does, the gasket squirms around & doesn't seal.
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