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Old 05-12-2005, 11:16 AM
Drake Drake is offline
'81 380SL
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: foot hills east of Redding CA
Posts: 20
Gas Smell Fix

I had three leaks in mine!
First was in the plastic tubing that runs from the vent tank (small tank on top of fuel tank)((oh yeh... vent tank is secured by 2 screws from the soft top storage area ... requires removing hard top))behind back of trunk panel (lots of bolts) this line connects to ridig tubing by fuel pump/filter . Goes acrossed to a check valve above rear end drivers side ... 2 braid covered hoses from ridig to ck valve (rubber was cracked and weeped into braid ... then the braided line from ridig on driverside fender well (leaked also) Disconnected from canister and vent tank and pressures to 20# and soaped. Also the large fuel line from the bottem of the fuel tank down to the pump/filter was cracked and weeping into braid. Looks like 5/8" standard fuel line will work but it is larger and puckers with the hose clamp.
This fix is well worht the time and has high priority ... have fun.
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