Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Gas Problems

When I bought the red car, the gas tank (and the place where you stick the nozzle in) was slightly off.
The last person who worked on the car didn't put the gas tank in the right place.
You have to remove the gas tank to work on the rear end gears for instance.

It never really acted normal when I would put in gas.
After bringing it home from the painter, the problem became worse.
Lately, I can only put one gallon of gas in, and then it will start coming back out!
I can put in 3 gallons tops, before the leaking gets really bad.
Also, the little flap that covers the hole is now in a weird position.

Compare Green car with Red car.




















Don says it's possible that there was something stuck in the tank, down by the baffle.
Maybe somebody tried to steal gas out of the tank while it was parked at the painter's for 10 days.

Don's prescription is to take out the gas tank and replace it.
Luckily I still have the gas tank from the green V6. 
(The dead GTA's gas tank is in the green car now.)

Unfortunately Don has several jobs lined up for the next few weeks.
I think it will be OK as long as I don't have to go for a long trip.

Also the green car has started acting like it needs a tune-up, but it hasn't been running long enough to need a tune up... It smells like gas and worse.

I will take it to Don in the next few days. I didn't want to overwhelm him with bad news.

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