Fuel Leak +
03-03-2009, 07:09 PM
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So, after I got to work this morning I found that my gas tank was leaking profusely...in looking for the leak I found so much more...see below:
and a closeup:
Has anyone else ever had a break here before?
and a closeup:
Has anyone else ever had a break here before?
03-03-2009, 07:37 PM
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If that is your frmae rail that is rotted through, you have bigger problems than the gas tank leaking....and no I have never seen a break there before. I'm from out west, though. I don't live where they salt the roads.
03-04-2009, 08:55 AM
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03-04-2009, 11:37 AM
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I have, on the damn Jeep I just bought. Not like it was expensive by any means but I wish I would have spotted the break before I bought it.
Mine is more like a 2-4" rip on the side of the rail furthest to the outside of the vehicle but it is in exactly the same place. It looks like there is 3 factory holes in the rail, and the break is centered right on that middle hole.
I'll post pics up later tonight.
Mine is more like a 2-4" rip on the side of the rail furthest to the outside of the vehicle but it is in exactly the same place. It looks like there is 3 factory holes in the rail, and the break is centered right on that middle hole.
I'll post pics up later tonight.
03-04-2009, 12:11 PM
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that is some bad cancer. good luck with the repair, you may want to look around for some C channel that can be cut and welded in, kind of like a sleeve over the entire area where it broke away.
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03-06-2009, 05:34 AM
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Umm.....
Not to scare you but if that was my rig I would want to give the rest of it a good once over. There is a good chance that there is more rust in other places that may need to be addressed.
Not to scare you but if that was my rig I would want to give the rest of it a good once over. There is a good chance that there is more rust in other places that may need to be addressed.
03-06-2009, 08:42 AM
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03-06-2009, 07:58 PM
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DUDE!!!...if i had a spot like that rotten on my frame i wouldnt even yard drive it let alone make it a DD until that was fixed properly
