bambamshere Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 Hello how is everyone? The other day I went to the gas station and filled up my truck. When I got home there was gas all over the front of the tank. Buddy of mine thinks I over filled the tank. Where would the gas escape from if you do? I checked the filler hose and didn't see anything. It was soaked from top to bottom of front of tank. I will be taking tank off and getting it cleaned and fixed if needed over the winter. Quote
JBNeal Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 There should be an o-ring between the tank and the fuel level sending unit... 1 Quote
bambamshere Posted October 10, 2018 Author Report Posted October 10, 2018 1 minute ago, JBNeal said: There should be an o-ring between the tank and the fuel level sending unit... I didn't even think of that. I will check it out. I took the old one off the tank I had when I put new one in. Don't even no where you could find a new o-ring for it. Quote
NiftyFifty Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 3 hours ago, bambamshere said: I didn't even think of that. I will check it out. I took the old one off the tank I had when I put new one in. Don't even no where you could find a new o-ring for it. Just make a new one from thicker gasket material, which you can get at any parts supplier Quote
Merle Coggins Posted October 11, 2018 Report Posted October 11, 2018 I may have a similar thing going on. When we returned from the WPC trip to TN I topped up the gas tank at the gas station near my house, so that I could do a full calculation of fuel use and mileage for the trip. For several days after that I would smell gas when I went out to the garage. I noticed gas dripping off the front mounting lip of the tank and realized that it was probably seeping out through fill neck area, thinking it was possibly a loose clamp on the filler hose. But now that I read this thread I'm thinking it was more likely the sender seal. I almost never park the truck with the tank that full, so I'm not going to dig into it right now. Quote
bambamshere Posted October 11, 2018 Author Report Posted October 11, 2018 Ya When I filled it up the first time I let it click once and left it like that. Then I went back to top it up for the winter and decided to let it click as many times as I could. I guess never having this problem I may have over filled it but good thing I did or I would have never found this problem to fix it. Still goimg to send it in to be cleaned. They will most likely take the sending unit out to clean it. Quote
ggdad1951 Posted October 12, 2018 Report Posted October 12, 2018 been there...done that...don't overfill. Quote
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