fuel drain behind right front fender?

[C1J1Miller at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/16/04 9:47:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, RicebalLDR  
writes:

 
In a message dated 12/16/2004 17:22:55 Eastern Standard Time, C1J1Miller  
writes:

I think that _is_ where the charcoal canister is found  (passenger's side 
fender well behind the liner).  Did you overfill the  tank, and force fuel into 
the canister?

No, Chris, I parked the car in the garage and had a fuel smell the next  
morning. The car was filled 4 days earlier, driven to LaGuardia Airport( 90  
miles). It sat in the employee lot for 3 days then was driven home. I  found what 
looked to be a piece of yellow tape about 3 " square that was  laying below the 
drain It had jellied fuel and stale old fuel stink. Maybe it  was a factory 
thing that never was removed and the fuel finally made it come  off and then 
all the old fuel was able to drain. I cleaned the area and put a  piece of clean 
cardboard down to see if it leaks any more. All fuel lines look  good. I 
thought ours where OK just the urS4 and urS6 had line issues. I will  give it a 
run and see how it goes.Thanks for the  input................RRF


I checked.  If you open the passenger's side door, you'll see the  white 
drain hose for the sunroof.  The charcoal canister is located right  in front of 
that behind the fender liner, with a black drain hose off the  bottom.  If the 
canister gets a slug of fuel (or condensation/water) that  allows it to drain. 
 You might have seen it drain because it was in a  relatively warm garage and 
the fuel vapor in the tank expanded.
 
The fuel line above by the filter does occasionally fail on the 200q,  
especially noticeable when cold.
Chris

 
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