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| Author: | hardy [ April 7th, 2011, 5:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Fuel Tank |
I have just discovered a considerable fuel leak coming from the tank on my 82 2cv. It seems to come from the top of the tank(plastic) and drains down the side. My first thought was cracked tank. But then i thought most likely the rubber connecting hose to the sender unit is rotten. Is there any way i can replace this tube without dropping the tank or is it best to drop the tank and check everything. (It's one job i don't like doing). Your advice will be appreciated..thanks. |
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| Author: | Sean [ April 7th, 2011, 6:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fuel Tank |
youll have to drop the tank to get access to the top it is the top and not the filler neck joint? |
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| Author: | hardy [ April 7th, 2011, 6:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fuel Tank |
no sean the filler neck is as dry as a bone |
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| Author: | dave 411 [ April 7th, 2011, 10:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fuel Tank |
. (It's one job i don't like doing). .[/quote] Pay someone else
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| Author: | lpgo [ April 7th, 2011, 10:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fuel Tank |
dropping the tank is peace of cake. Drive your tank dry and drop your tank then, try to plan it that it happens close to your garage and not at the M1!!! You can take the fuellhose at the front of the chassis where it go's up to the fuellpump and let all the fuell out, try to catch it in a can........... then you don't need to run it dry....... |
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| Author: | spanners [ April 8th, 2011, 8:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fuel Tank |
hardy wrote: Is there any way i can replace this tube without dropping the tank? Your advice will be appreciated..thanks. Your options are limited but it is possible to do this without dropping the tank.  But, I suspect that removing the shell is possibly going a bit overboard!!! 
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| Author: | lpgo [ April 8th, 2011, 12:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fuel Tank |
grinding a gap in your floorpanel!! weld it afterwards??? |
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| Author: | lpgo [ April 8th, 2011, 12:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fuel Tank |
breaking your arms at 2 places so you can reach between tank and floorpanel, 6 weeks in plaster afterwards??? |
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| Author: | hardy [ April 8th, 2011, 5:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fuel Tank |
Well at least i got a laugh from this. I take the point so the tank is being dropped tommorrow and thanks to everyone |
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| Author: | toomany2cvs [ April 8th, 2011, 7:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fuel Tank |
lpgo wrote: grinding a gap in your floorpanel!! Then chopping out the "bridge" that goes over the top of the tank, the one the rear belts bolt to. I was helping a friend, years ago, dismantle a 2cv. The shell was staying on the chassis, but we were trying to remove the tank. Except, of course, one of the rear bolts was seized. So... Angle grinder. Cut a chunk out of the boot floor, then nice easy access to the top of the fastener. Except I managed to take a chunk out of the fuel tank, too, with the grinder... That was when he told me that it still had half a tank of petrol in. |
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