why have you purchased a tank filler one way valve if the fill pipe is leaking?surely if that valve was leaking the whole tank would empty
You see the elbow and the big nut it screws into (where my thumb is) "that" is where it is leaking from. A split on the bottom of that nut.
Now, from day one that has obviously been leaking from there, but flowing down the pipe out of the car. It would smell for a while after filling the tank (but when it stopped leaking, it stopped smelling). However, the tank only ever held nine pounds GBP and although it ran, the gas would last a short time.
Which brings me to my next thought. Yule Brinner & the other cowboys made such a monumental c
ock up of the install judging by the floor under the back seat, it stands to reason they (or some other muppet) fitted the new elbow & float and over tightened it, causing it to shut off at around nine quids worth AND it was so tight, they damaged it causing it to split & leak.
I spoke in depth to the guy who runs Tinley Tech and he said UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES over tighten it (unless it doesn't quite line up, in which case, a quarter to half turn will be fine) or it will either snap, crack or if squint, wont even fill. I think in this case we have a failure on two out of three counts.
He told me how to empty the tank too, so I'll mostly be far far far away from smoking clowns when doing that
Anyway, like I said, planning more new parts inc a new pipe and whatnot. Better safe than sorry and in this case, better in than out
