YIKES!!! Gas dripping onto exhaust

[Mikea2769 at aol.com]

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Just found gas leak under car (87 5kcstq). Exhaust component coated with gas
dripping from left side of gas tank. Looks like I'll be towing to my mechanic
on Mon.

Checking if anyone has had similar problem/solution:
The exhaust pipe(after the muffler) has 3 chambers: a kidney shaped one, a
rectangular one, and then a resonator under the trunk. The middle,
rectangular one has gas dripping on it from above-unable to see tank
completely, due to heat shield, but no obvious sign of anything hitting the
tank. The leak seems to be on the driver's side of the tank. There is a bunch
of crud between that heat shield and tank.

A few weeks ago I had the fuel press accumulator and line to the tank
replaced. This repair was uneventful. I just checked under the trap door,
where the line attaches to the fuel pump, but it is dry up there.

Any guidance is appreciated.

Mike Aiello
87 5kcstq, 280k miles, orig.owner