Joseph c,

Thanks for that suggestion. I'm not sure that it could apply to my situation though. I have attached a diagram of the SLC fuel tank and you will notice that there is no pick up tube exiting from the top of the tank. Instead there is a swirl pot (not visible in diagram) in the bottom of the tank into which the strainer is fitted. The return line from the engine returns fuel to this swirl pot. An outlet hose screws into the strainer which allows fuel to flow directly to the pump mounted below the tank. A hole in this hose would show as a fuel leak under the rear of the car (which I don't have).

Thanks,
Greg

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