FW: [urq] Re: Fuel Tank venting - '83 Ur Q

[Buchholz, Steven]

... here's an idea that was sent to me directly ... didn't appear to be
posted so I thought I'd pass it along for general consumption ... 

Steve B
> 
>   Have you tried the fuel cap?
>   My WR  always has a fuel smell if the tank is more than half full.
>   I think that because the filler is so horizontal the fuel 
> splashes up
> against the cap and if the vent seal on the cap is faulty the 
> cap filles
> with fuel and then runs out of the overflow.
>   I tried a second hand cap and the problem has almost gone.A 
> new cap is on
> order.
>   Doug Rath
> 
>   > Have you replaced the fuel lines from the tank to the 
> pump?  When I got
> the
>   > fuel smell on my car I found that the hose from the tank to the
> pre-filter
>   > had deteriorated to the point where fuel was almost 
> oozing out along the
>   > whole line!  It started right after I filled the tank for 
> the first time
>   > with the MTBE-oxygenated fuels ...
>   >
>   > On the 5kCSQPOS I found that the fuel vapors ... and 
> leaking fuel when
> the
>   > tank was filled too much ... were due to a leak in the 
> tank itself at
> the
>   > seam.  Since the ury carries the tank in the trunk I 
> would suspect that
> this
>   > would not be so likely, but it is possible.
>   >
>   > Steve B.
>   > San Jose, Kaleefohnia (USA)
>   > >
>   > > Turns out the fitting looking thing is just where the rod for
>   > > the sender
>   > > goes throuth.  Sender is shot though, so I'll start there.
>   > >
>   > > Puzzled as to where the vapors are coming from.  It is
>   > > particularly bad just
>   > > after filling the tank.  I'm not finding any visible 
> leaks thankfully.
>   > > There may be a problem with the venting somewhere, I am not
>   > > seeing it, as
>   > > everything looks intact when compared to the diagrams.