Fuel leak from tank *intermitent/sporadic*
Hi guys from GTIROC !
Hope you guys can help me on this. I've had a fuel leak since I pulled my car out of hibernation (too mint to roll in salty roads in Canada) so its a summer car. Unfortunately, since this spring, I've been using my winter beater cuz my GTIR is leaking fuel.
It's coming from the top of the tank. On cold starts it goes from lil'droplets to a continuous leak. Went to two garages and the same story happened both times. I leak on my way there and it then stops after 30min of traveling.(estimation) One of my friends was following me and claimed that everytime I pulled off from a stop, a full cup was dropping (accumulation somewhere). Of course no one wants to bill me for dropping down the tank when they see no leaks. The leak travels down the three pipes under the car where the hoses connect to the metal lines under the car.
-I have absolutely no miss fire, or power drop.
-Because of that I decided to bypass altogether the return line. (still leaking)
-It will drip at any fuel level in tank (empty,1/4,1/2 or full tank)
-At my last trip to the garage, when no drips was found, went back home (still no drips). I let the car sleep for the night, and the next morning started the car and no drips ! Went on a 4-5 day trip with my winter beater and when I came back I started the car again and there you go....fuel leak again !
-Considering it could be the vent line not doing its job, I tried to releive pressure by opening gas cap before restarting, heard the "pissssshhhh" started the car and drips again !
Guys I'm getting locco :der:, I know the best remedy would be to drop the fuel tank but has anyone had this problem in the past ? Could it be those little black containers (valve of some sort) on the vent line ? If so, do you have the real name so I can look up the part number.
Please HELP ! Insured and platted, its getting expensive to see it sit in the driveway. At least my winter beater gobs half of the GTIR consumption.
Hi guys from GTIROC !
Hope you guys can help me on this. I've had a fuel leak since I pulled my car out of hibernation (too mint to roll in salty roads in Canada) so its a summer car. Unfortunately, since this spring, I've been using my winter beater cuz my GTIR is leaking fuel.
It's coming from the top of the tank. On cold starts it goes from lil'droplets to a continuous leak. Went to two garages and the same story happened both times. I leak on my way there and it then stops after 30min of traveling.(estimation) One of my friends was following me and claimed that everytime I pulled off from a stop, a full cup was dropping (accumulation somewhere). Of course no one wants to bill me for dropping down the tank when they see no leaks. The leak travels down the three pipes under the car where the hoses connect to the metal lines under the car.
-I have absolutely no miss fire, or power drop.
-Because of that I decided to bypass altogether the return line. (still leaking)
-It will drip at any fuel level in tank (empty,1/4,1/2 or full tank)
-At my last trip to the garage, when no drips was found, went back home (still no drips). I let the car sleep for the night, and the next morning started the car and no drips ! Went on a 4-5 day trip with my winter beater and when I came back I started the car again and there you go....fuel leak again !
-Considering it could be the vent line not doing its job, I tried to releive pressure by opening gas cap before restarting, heard the "pissssshhhh" started the car and drips again !
Guys I'm getting locco :der:, I know the best remedy would be to drop the fuel tank but has anyone had this problem in the past ? Could it be those little black containers (valve of some sort) on the vent line ? If so, do you have the real name so I can look up the part number.
Please HELP ! Insured and platted, its getting expensive to see it sit in the driveway. At least my winter beater gobs half of the GTIR consumption.
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