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https://oldsite.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl Omega Help >> Omega General Help >> URGENT HELP - fuel leak https://oldsite.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1244054727 Message started by HerefordElite on 03. Jun 2009 at 19:45

Title: URGENT HELP - fuel leak
Post by HerefordElite on 03. Jun 2009 at 19:45

just filled up the tank ready to go on holiday and got home to find a pool of petrol on the drive!! :o

taken the access hatch off and seems to be a lot of petrol around the locking ring, is this a common failure / leak? :'( :-/

Title: Re: URGENT HELP - fuel leak
Post by TheBoy on 03. Jun 2009 at 19:47

see if ring will tighten slightly - they can work loose. But sounds like either the seal has gone (reasonably uncommon) or the fuel pipes have corrodedm and leaking out of plate (should be easy to tell

Title: Re: URGENT HELP - fuel leak
Post by HerefordElite on 03. Jun 2009 at 19:58

pipes coming out of top of pump are bone dry - ring is very tight so may take it off to have a better look :-/

Title: Re: URGENT HELP - fuel leak
Post by HerefordElite on 03. Jun 2009 at 20:20

well i started to loosen it off and petrol started pissing out so tightened it back up with a big screwdriver and rubber mallet and leak seems to have stopped. (fingers crossed) :-/

serves me right for trying to get 67 litres in a 65 litre tank :D :-[