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Fuel Running down side of car
So, there is water or fuel or a combo on the side of my car coming from the fuel door.
You know how there is a space, like a catch all space under the gas cap? Mine has been filling up with water or fuel or bio and just sits there until I move. Then is dribbles out of there and all down the side of my car. Looks awful and I can't seem to get the marks off the car without ruining the clear coat. First, is there supposed to be a drain in that so the extra fuel dumps out the bottom of the car and not the side? Second, does anyone know of a really good cleaner I can use to get the gunk off the side of the car without hurting the paint? Thanks!
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Ginny in Denver-ish 78 300SD, 265K (mine) |
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Purple Power is what I use. It worked great on my car, the PO of my 85 300D had WVO there. http://www.clean-rite.com/
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You may have growing diesel syndrome if you 2 tank, or bio may have rotted the seal on your filler cap. Hard left turn and fuel sloshes up the filler tube. If the seal is not so great, nothing to stop it from puking.
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Don't wipe it with a regular paper towel, it'll put marks in the finish of the paint.
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-Evan Benz Fleet: 1968 UNIMOG 404.114 1998 E300 2008 E63 Non-Benz Fleet: 1992 Aerostar 1993 MR2 2000 F250 |
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There is a drain. You may need to chase it with some thick weed eater line.
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RRGrassi 70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car 13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete. 91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K 90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K |
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Thanks, that's what I needed to know. Which side is the drain on? LEft or Right? I got me some thick weed whip line!!!
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Ginny in Denver-ish 78 300SD, 265K (mine) |
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You rock!
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Ginny in Denver-ish 78 300SD, 265K (mine) |
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J.G. |
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It should drain by the right rear wheel, as long as your fuel fill door is on the right side.
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RRGrassi 70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car 13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete. 91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K 90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K |
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that is almost a certainty if you use biod regularly...well, its a certaintly on mine. you can get replacement rubber gaskets for the fuel filler cap from fastlane, as well as the rubber grommet that seals around the neck of the filler pipe and the body of the car.
i've only replaced mine once so far, but they looked good when i got the car, and after a year of using biodiesel, it looked like the grommet had melted...although it probably was really old rubber, we'll see how long a new one lasts
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Purple Power and a wheel brush works great on OE brake dust too.
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When I bought my 83 I had the same problem. Took the easy route and replaced the filler cap and problems disappeared. Have run bio for 23K so far with no problems. When I first started running bio, I did damage my paint a bit by leaving a spot of bio on the trunk deck. Cannot seem to clean or rub that one out.
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John Schroader bio burnin' 83 300D, '83 300 SD, '79 240D "I've never met a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else" Ben Franklin "You cannot permanently help a man by doing for him what he could and should do for himself" Abraham Lincoln |
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