Please read: Potential petrol leak on 360s
Please read: Potential petrol leak on 360s
This is important and could happen to any 360 so I've made it a sticky. There are pics further down because this has now happened twice to me.
Beware of the jubilee clip that goes from the filler hose to the tank on these. The clip fatigued all by itself on mine and fell off, resulting in a fuel leak so bad that someone called the fire brigade. They packed some sort of putty stuff round the hose, but it didn't really fix it.
Luckily it stopped it well enough for me to get it home and change the 2 pound clip. I put a stainless steel one on now so hopefully no more rusting clips! If yours looks a bit iffy then its easy to do. Wait till fuel is very low and then jack the car up and place on stands, remove rear offside tyre so you can see what you're doing, and change the clips. You might have to cut the old one off though.
Beware of the jubilee clip that goes from the filler hose to the tank on these. The clip fatigued all by itself on mine and fell off, resulting in a fuel leak so bad that someone called the fire brigade. They packed some sort of putty stuff round the hose, but it didn't really fix it.
Luckily it stopped it well enough for me to get it home and change the 2 pound clip. I put a stainless steel one on now so hopefully no more rusting clips! If yours looks a bit iffy then its easy to do. Wait till fuel is very low and then jack the car up and place on stands, remove rear offside tyre so you can see what you're doing, and change the clips. You might have to cut the old one off though.
Last edited by pettaw on 24 Mar 2006 01:35 pm, edited 2 times in total.
OK I've changed the clips now.
This is a serious issue as if it goes completely it leaves you with a large fuel leak until the tank gets down below approx half full.
It applies only to 360s
Pics:
Pipe beforehand.
Rusted clip.
I cut the other clip off cos the screw was so rusted up I couldn't undo it.
All fixed with 2xstainless steel jubilee clips. Cost 4.50 GBP.
This is a serious issue as if it goes completely it leaves you with a large fuel leak until the tank gets down below approx half full.
It applies only to 360s
Pics:
Pipe beforehand.
Rusted clip.
I cut the other clip off cos the screw was so rusted up I couldn't undo it.
All fixed with 2xstainless steel jubilee clips. Cost 4.50 GBP.
My experience with this is that those fuel hoses that has this fabric like surface, they tend to be cracked from inside (rubber) and then fuel just comes trough hose when driving, really hard to spot specially if (when) there is oil leak to mess places.
For 360GL 1988 There was engine room hoses, then under car, hoses that go to fuel tank, there is few of this similar hose types connecting those plastic hoses together and last top of fueltank (under rear seat).
All of them leaked in my car, with carb I did not notice it much, just sometimes little leaking and fuel consumption seemed tad high and I was looking problem from carb and ignition parts.
When I installed fuel injection, I saw pool of fuel under car, also hoses in engine room leaked like they would been paper and this all was not pressure side!
I guess time does it's job for those hoses.
Oh yes, I have done that thing that pettaw needed to do also, I saw little leaking and started to tighten that original clip hardly got wrench on place as it snapped.
Original clips seem to be quite thin material.
Also those clips that hold fuel tank on place I needed to replace, were rotten out.
For 360GL 1988 There was engine room hoses, then under car, hoses that go to fuel tank, there is few of this similar hose types connecting those plastic hoses together and last top of fueltank (under rear seat).
All of them leaked in my car, with carb I did not notice it much, just sometimes little leaking and fuel consumption seemed tad high and I was looking problem from carb and ignition parts.
When I installed fuel injection, I saw pool of fuel under car, also hoses in engine room leaked like they would been paper and this all was not pressure side!
I guess time does it's job for those hoses.
Oh yes, I have done that thing that pettaw needed to do also, I saw little leaking and started to tighten that original clip hardly got wrench on place as it snapped.
Original clips seem to be quite thin material.
Also those clips that hold fuel tank on place I needed to replace, were rotten out.
Last edited by jtbo on 24 Mar 2006 01:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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This issue isn't going to affect Foggy though is it?
I mean he never has any fuel, let alone half a tank............
I mean he never has any fuel, let alone half a tank............
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the hoses connecting the fuel expansion tank (behind RH c-pillar cover) are prone to leaking as well.. when there is a 'toolbox day' at V3C we always order like 10 meters of that type of tubing beforehand
explains the majority of cases when there is fuel smell. A carburettor isn't that prone to start smelling, except when its leaky as well ofcourse
explains the majority of cases when there is fuel smell. A carburettor isn't that prone to start smelling, except when its leaky as well ofcourse
I know Kar has that problem Wouter, havn't tested Fake yet, I need to get some of that tube and sort it out.
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast