help ASAP!!!!!!!!!
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From: DARTMOUTH MA
help ASAP!!!!!!!!!
1997 psd ive had a slow fuel leak for about a week- i left my home about an hour ago w/ a full tank, i stoped at a store for a half hour when i came out i started driving and my tank read empty, i tried to make it to a fuel station but it started to stall - a now im at some strangers house using his comp.-what can or should i do - help im about 15 miles from home
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if there is fuel in your other tank switch tanks fill your filter bowl with fuel, or powerservice or transmision fluid whatever you have avaliable to get it started again, sounds like you have a pretty serious fuel leak it shouldent be hard to find.
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so its the hard line on the frame rail by the front of the transmision? you could probably cut the line and slide a piece of rubber fuel line over the outside of the leak area and clamp it to get you home. then order new hard lines and replace
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From: Gladwin,Mi
it would be coming from the valley then....could be a # of things.....hole in filter canister,fuel pump,various lines ect....that is alot of fuel in a short time.You will have to thoroughly clean the vally to find where it is coming from.You can pul the filter and check the canister for cracks or a hole.But for the others you will need the valley cleaned and motor running to check.
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From: Ft Scott
Fill the tank that doesn't leak. Any fuel that leaks into the valley will run off the back of the block and down between the oil pan and trans. There are close to a dozen places on the top of the engine that could leak fuel. Once you get it back home you shouldnt have any trouble finding a leak that big.
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From: Gladwin,Mi
returned your PM kupiec20
like Rodney said once you get home and the valley cleaned it will be easy to find.
And like I said in my PM...... I would be calling a tow truck,that bill might be cheaper than a tank of fuel for 15 miles
like Rodney said once you get home and the valley cleaned it will be easy to find.
And like I said in my PM...... I would be calling a tow truck,that bill might be cheaper than a tank of fuel for 15 miles
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