Well I have had this happen one time before when i over filled, this time I didn't over fill came out this morning and there was diesel all over the ground. Its leaking from the fill door and from both fender wells, if it's a hole its in the top of the tank as once I get it down a little it stops, any ideas?

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1984 300D Turbo 169k

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-----Mark Twain

find leak and fix it? Replace your tank with a used tank?

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

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Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
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New Old Stock (NOS) parts

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3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

my wife made a really odd observation and i can't figure out how this would factor, but this has happened twice and both times it was when I filled up at one particular station. It does fill the tank really fast, but i don't see how that could cause this issue.

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1984 300D Turbo 169k

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-----Mark Twain

Yea, but i don't understand why this would happen once then not be an issue for another 5,000 miles. is the hole to the left of the cap a vent?

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1984 300D Turbo 169k

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-----Mark Twain

Remove the rear-wall in the trunk and take a look at the tank....the leak should be fairly obvious. I'll bet the vent line is leaking, and at the station that fills it really fast, some gets forced into the line, thus the leak.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Yea one other thing is the nozzle at this station barely fits in my filler, it's slightly larger then standard. I'll pull the trunk liner, but I'm thinking if it doesn't sound insane for it to be an issue with the station I'll just avoid using that Chevron anymore.

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1984 300D Turbo 169k

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-----Mark Twain

ok vent was clogged AND hanging inside the car, further investigation leads me to believe that it was leaking out the gas cap and back into the trunk through the vent hole. The vent hose was not long enough, i unclogged it and extended it a bit, now i am just hoping it's attached at the other end because i can tell, no diesel on the tank what so ever it was all on the inside of the car near the fuel filler.

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1984 300D Turbo 169k

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-----Mark Twain