Holy fuel leak!
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Holy fuel leak!
Well maybe someone can help me with an intermittent fuel leak. Today I started up the 4runner (89 V6 5speed) and really smelled gas when I started driving. So I pulled over and looked under the truck and there was gas all over the passenger side of the engine and tranny. So I got all worried but when I started it back up to drive home...nothing. No leak, no smell, nothing. It just stopped.
Any ideas? Is there some sort of relief valve in the fuel system that could have sprung? Thanks
Andy
Any ideas? Is there some sort of relief valve in the fuel system that could have sprung? Thanks
Andy
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i would guess that one of the o-rings in the push lock fittings of your fuel lines has gone bad. that is the first thing i would go after unless there is a visible problem otherwise.
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Hmmm.....that's interesting. It leaked but then stopped and now it doesn't leak? Maybe the pressure regulator stuck and let the pressure get too high for a little while and a fuel line fitting leaked? There are high and low pressure fuel line fittings on the passinger side of the engine. The high pressure line goes from a hard line to a flex line there and I've had one leak there before.
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What did you do to your truck?! looks like you landed on an upright pallet...
as for the fuel leak you might check out the return line as an idea...
as for the fuel leak you might check out the return line as an idea...
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Hmmm.....that's interesting. It leaked but then stopped and now it doesn't leak? Maybe the pressure regulator stuck and let the pressure get too high for a little while and a fuel line fitting leaked? There are high and low pressure fuel line fittings on the passinger side of the engine. The high pressure line goes from a hard line to a flex line there and I've had one leak there before.
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