Gas Leak??

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Jan 17, 2009 | 05:31 PM

redlightning93

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Gas Leak??

<TABLE width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>On my '85 F150 302FI, I kept smelling gas when I got out of the truck after driving a ways. I finally had a chance to get under it today and the gas is running down the passenger side back of the motor down over the starter housing and dripping off the bottom of the bellhousing.

Its a small drip with a drip about every 15 seconds but I do not feel comfortable about a gas leak. I cannot see where it is coming from and have looked from underneath and from the top. It is pretty congested in that area with the fuel injection manifold and all the other plumbing. I did try just turning the switch to run and see if it would leak but it would not without cranking the motor.

Anyone have any ideas?

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Jan 17, 2009 | 07:57 PM

Franklin2

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Fuel injection usually has hard lines on top of the engine feeding the fuel injectors, and at the ends of these lines are the plastic lines that run to the tanks. Where the plastic lines join the metal lines, there are retainer clips and o-rings.

Here's a picture. http://www.autozone.com/images/cds/g...3d800a6fef.gif

I see two spots on #2 that could leak, spot #6 could leak(fuel supply) and there is a spot on #12 that could leak, though it's not labeled.

Jan 18, 2009 | 09:49 PM