Last time I drove my car, I started smelling gas near the fuel tank. Since the global warming has had us in the deep freeze for most of Dec, Jan and Feb, it wasn't till today that I actually had a chance get under it.
After removing most of the tank shields, and removing the DS tank strap, I could easily see where the smell was coming from. At some point prior to my purchasing the car, someone replaced the lines from the tank to the chassis. They used good quality, fuel injection rated hose. The problem was they used 5/16 for both the supply and return. Not only that, but the return line was WAY too long, and was nearly crimped closed at both ends. Apparently, they had problems with it trying to crimp closed, so they slid a ~1/2" hard plastic cover over it, rather than trim it shorter.
It seems they also had trouble getting the clamps to seal, so they used 2 clamps on each end.
Damned determined to not use the right size or length hose, I spose......
Oh, the leak was from the plastic cover rubbing a hole into the hose, as well as seeping around both ends of the hose.
Funny side note. My fuel pump is MUCH quieter now...............
