Hi all,
I've come across a rather irritating problem, my outlet pipe on the fuel tank is leaking fuel. To the best of my belief I think its leaking from the pipe behind the locking nut, possibily the flange. Can anyone recommend a course of action for this issue?
Many thanks in advance,
Tom
I had this when I removed the ranks for a few months while I was doing some major works. In my case it was debris/ surface rust on the seat on the tank joint.
To resolve I took off the pipe and used an approp6iarly sized drill to clean up the face on the tank. It's a bit awkward but it has been fine for a number of years since
I had a badly soldered joint where the olive on the end of the pipe pulled away so the big nut was no longer holding it in place. That was a fun one to diagnose!
Hi Tom, has the fuel line been disturbed recently? Could it be that the pipe inside the tank is misaligned and the fuel line is not seated correctly.
I've recently had the petrol tank off mine to flush it out. In the course of many flushes I became puzzled by a rattle. I had inspected the outlet union on the tank and noticed that the flange inside the outlet was out of line. Being concerned that the new fuel line I was fitting would not sit correctly I set about "squaring it up. The flange is simply a swaged made on the end of the pipe that resides in the tank, the other end of which can be seen through the fuel sender hole. It ends in a filter, often blocked, as was mine. The internal pipe is held in place by its shape, the filter sitting on the bottom of the tank and clip formed into the first baffle plate. In realigning the flange I inadvertently loosened the internal pipe which then rattled.
Sorry for the long story but it was a "bug...r" to get the pipe correctly aligned and firm in place, however it can be done if this is the point where yours is leaking. Good luck.
Hi all,
Many thanks for all of your suggestion, after closer examination it does (annoyingly!) look like the pipe inside the tank is misaligned to the copper exit pipe. Now I have to hope for a dry day and spend a long time getting that pipe aligned!
Thank you all,
Tom
