Hole in fuel tank

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. . fix the hole and find out.......

BEFORE.....yuh blow yerself up!!!

~:~ MarshMonster ====== ====== Hole in fuel tank Group: alt.trucks.chevy Date: Tue, Oct 5, 2004, 10:17pm (CDT+5) From: snipped-for-privacy@nospam.neo.rr.com (Chip)

My 6.5 is running poorly, I thought the turbo was bad but, it still turns freely and appears to work just fine.

Another problem that needs attention is the fuel tank. I went out to my truck when I left work, the same day that it started running poorly, black smoke and all, and there was a noticable puddle of fuel beneath the tank. When I removed the fuel cap, there was no familiar air release sound.

The leak is consistant but not pouring.

The hole is large enough to warrant not driving it, not to mention the poor performance.

I'm curious if the two problems are related. Would a large enough hole in the fuel tank cause the poor performance? Chip

Hi!

Diesel Fuel isn't really all that flammable IIRC. Still a good idea to fix it...but if you absolutely have to drive it...

William The Guesser (and his side-saddlin' '84 Sierra 6.2 with a VERY small fuel leak...)

probably a hole in a fuel line, not the tank. Yes that could affect performance.

Scott, you are absolutely correct. I finally had the chance to crawl underneath it and there are 3 fuel lines going between the tank and the engine. All three of them are rusted. At least one of them rusted completely through. So it was sucking a substantial amount of air. I'll need to drop the fuel tank and remove the rusty stuff and replace.

Much cheaper than a bad turbo unit.

Chip