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sidler Member Since: 18 Apr 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 12 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Hi,
This weekend I fixed a fuel leakage and I thought: let's make pictures so it may help people in the future. I discovered diesel on my MY07 Puma 110 leaking from the rear cross member. After washing the car, I saw it was actually coming from the diesel tank ![]() It turned out to be the breather hose that was broken. Actually, it was only leaking with a full tank - that's why. After driving for a year with only a half tank full, I decided it would be better if I could leave on holiday with a full tank. So let's replace the hose. This was easier said than done, because the hose is connected to the filler cap with an easy screw-on hose clamp, and a machine-fitted hose clamp at the other side. After trying to saw or cut the thing, I managed to get it open with a firm hit with a hammer on a tent pole on a screwdriver. Here are the pictures Maybe it would have been better to dismantle the tank, because it's really a *** job to replace it from under the wheelarch, but this saved me a lot of time. Be sure to buy a new hose that is fuel resistant, at some industrial workshop where they maintain generators or boats. They have these hoses. Now up to the next job: replacing my clutch because it's rattling. |
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sidler Member Since: 18 Apr 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 12 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I did it without removing the tank, but it felt like painting your hallway through the letterbox
The clip that fits the hose to the tank is a nasty one, I managed to undo it with a firm hit on a screwdriver that I held against the little 'hump' in the clip so it came open. Fitting the new hose was also a lot of fiddling, but I warmed up the new hose a bit, tried to stretch it up a bit and put grease on the tube on the tank and that went quite ok. After all I spent about 2 hours with my head under the wheelarch and my arm disappeared between body and chassis, but I think it saved me a lot of time compared to removing the tow bar, stabilizer, tank protection, tank and mounting it all back again. |
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jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 8304 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
you could also just cut the plastic pipe breather just before tank side of the hole/leak/tear and then use a 8mm (IIRC) female to female push fit connector and add another length of pipe on the other side to extend it up to where ever you need it.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pneumatic-Push-I...3ccb794a8f Cheers James 110 2010 XS Utility 130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper 90 2010 Hardtop 90 M57 1988 Hardtop |
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