Gas Vapors

Ok so I was smelling what I believed to be gas vapors from the canister not being hooked up. I felt like the vapors were pretty bad but I recalled smelling them when I had my first caprice. After awhile I was starting to think well maybe it's coming from teh carb and my car is running stupid rich. Then two days ago I was charging my ac (which still sucks) and I look down and low and behold my car is pissin in the parking lot. A river of gold just streaming from the fuel pump. :banghead:

After closer examination I found that it was indeed coming from the bottom of the pump but it was not the culprit. It was actually coming down the fuel line leading from the carb to the pump. Apparently the line was against some other metal object and two moving against each other resulted in the fuel like being sliced into.

Anyways I replaced the fuel line (my first time) and no more gas smell :biggrin:

I wonder how much money I just left in teh streets of DC MD and VA. Also so people don't think I'm a complete idiot... the smell was always noticable but the fuel itself I'm guessing because the cut was past teh pump was only noticable when the car was running. Plus I don't think the cut in teh line was that big until recently because I just started noticing a very small puddle under my car. Plus gas evaporates quickly so I never noticed any moisture when looking under the hood.

Wow that was alot. I didn't plan on typing that much. Ok now a question.

Does the original fuel line run from the pump immediately up past teh water pump then to the carb? I was wondering why it was so close to something that could slice into it like that.

At some point the steel line got pushed up against the engine and eventually rubbed through. I've seen it happen a few times, just make sure you have enough clearance now. You can cushion it too with a slit piece if gas hose as long as its not up against something very hot like the exhaust manifold.

The gas hose leading up to the fuel pump is another place notorious for leaking, so is the steel line running along the passenger side frame rail. Both are pretty easy to check out and fix.

Bob