P,
Nope, nothing wrong. Just a mechanic who doesn't understand how
difficult it is to get that sucker in correctly. Let the smell go away,
fill it up again and see if you can sniff more gas, no gas smell, no
problem. BTW - The rest of the hoses are easy to do.

There are no clamps on that crossover pipe. If you try and pull it
apart, you will destroy it. It probably came off at the rubber gaskets
going into the tank.If it came apart between the 'T's, it was defective.

tim o'brien

PSavage wrote:
>
> Evening Listees,
> All four CV joints & boots replaced today & the fuel lines to the gas tank,
> including the crossover pipe, etc.
> So far so good.
> Mechanic says he'll do the rest of the lines when I get back from Nevada.
> He was overbooked, I guess.
> >From the repair shop I went straight to gas station to fill up. Suddenly:
> loud whooshing sound & a sheet of gasoline poured down, flooding two bays of
> the service station.  The attendants closed the station off with orange
> cones while I called the mechanic.
> Back at the shop, they dropped the tank again & discovered that the plastic
> pipe with double T's at each end had popped lose.  They were repositioned &
> the mechanic took the car for a test drive.  The damned thing popped out
> again.  Again, the gas was drained out of the tank & the tank was lowered.
> One more time the pipe was pushed into it's spot & the mechanic took it for
> a test drive.  This time it seemed to stay where it belonged.
> Question:  Why did this happen?  (Two times)
>     After the second time, just in case, the mechanic replaced my shiny new
> plastic pipe with an identical new one from his parts stock.
> Question:  Anybody had this happen?  I feel pretty nervous about having this
> pipe under the tank that apparantly requires no clamps on it.
> Anything wrong with this picture?
> Phaedra