Possible scenario
1st off - do you have a manual or auto tranny?

If you have an auto tranny, this becomes more
possible, cuz you wouldn't notice the problem when
shifting.

That plastic piece with the T's goes OVER the shift
linkage and coolant hoses that run underneath the van.
 They go through the valley in the tank, between the
tank and the plastic tube.  It doesnt say anything in
the Bentley about this, you can't tell from the
pictures, and the only reason I noticed is that with a
manual tranny it suddenly becomes very hard to shift.
It is a real pain to install this way, but necessary.

If your mech didn't know this, it is possible he ran
that line under the hoses, and the pressure and
vibration of driving and bouncing caused it to pop out
of its holes.

If installed properly, this plastic line is VERY
secure.

But gas shouldn't really GUSH out... it should be more
of about a pint pouring onto the ground when the pump
shuts off.... that wouldn't close down a station
unless you live in California..

Mark

--- PSavage <psavage@saber.net> 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

=====
Mark
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