Fuel leak near tank s13

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NCOHs13
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Joined: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:41 pm
Car: 92 240sx
Location: Bowie,MD

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After sitting in the driveway waiting on parts and money for 3 months I finally got the coolant system bled and other stuff done and got to drive it. When i got back my s13 240 is leaking gas where the hard lines meet the soft near the tank. If i dry the lines it looks as if the fuel is running up the hardline from under the diff, not where the hard meets the soft. I guess that tells me the hard lines are shot. They look corroded as F***. Is there anyone that sells prebent hardlines or am i going to have to take it to a shop to have new ones made and installed. I need this car back asap. My suburban consumes more gas than i can afford. Thanks for all your help


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sly240
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Car: 93 240sx

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yeah taking it to a shop and having new hard lines would be the best thing unless you can do it your self it's not that hard if you have a tubing bender. you can bend gental curves in hard tubing if you carfull and bend it around a socket. but if your in a pinch and tight on cash you can run a soft line from the tank up to the fuel rail. this is not recomended for muiltible resons but can be done if your in a pinch it will cost about 30$ in fuel line. I did do this 1 time on a beater dodge neon :facepalm: with no problems but hey it was a f**ken neon so take it for what it is worth.

compactfean
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Tubing Benders are pretty cheap. You probly spend more money on beer than you would a tubing Bender and tube.lol shouldn't take much time. There aren't very many bends.

NCOHs13
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Joined: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:41 pm
Car: 92 240sx
Location: Bowie,MD

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So i got the fuel lines fixed today and no leaks. :) After i got the car home which is like 3 miles from the shop although i took a 10 min detour i checked my upper radiator hose and it was hot as hell and swollen and my lower was ice cold. I used a 50-50 mix and a bottle of water wetter. I've got a good feeling that its bled out properly cause i did it three times. But i was just curious if this is normal. Heat was blowing hot as well. And gauge said it wasnt over heating on way home.
Again this is a 92 240sx and it has a mishimoto rad and twin electric aluminum fan shroud. Thanks Josh


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