Vinscully50

I've been noticing a strong gasoline smell over the last weak coming from my car. Today it was really bad and I looked under my car and a small puddle of gasoline was on my driveway near my rear passenger side. Every few minutes it drips near my rear passenger side exhaust tip and runs down on to the pavement. Any ideas? Is the gastank likely cracked? It seems most threads are for the drivers side near the filler neck but my leak is on the passenger side.

Aviator857

I would suspect the filler neck and its running along the heat shield. Either way if the tank is leaking replace the tank as the filler neck is part of the tank. It could be the o-ring at the pump or a fuel line also but you will not know until you drop the tank.

As big of a pain as it is to pull the tank I would replace the pump etc also while you are at it if you can afford to do so.

sofakingdom

iTrader: (1)

Might just have a hole rusted through from the inside.

If it's ever sat up for awhile, a drop of condensation sitting in one place for a long time will do that.

Vinscully50

It could be. I've been driving it almost daily for the last six years. A good friend of my family brought the car back in circa 2012 and did some work to get it road worthy after it sat for 10 plus years. Maybe closer to 15.

Vinscully50

I hope that is the case. I actually had the tank dropped 3 years ago and both the Sending unit and the pump were replaced. My old sending unit had a hole in it.

sofakingdom

iTrader: (1)

The filler neck is up high on the driver's side. Not as likely to cause a drip on the pass side except when the tank is absolutely full and the car is parked at a tilt toward the right. Possible maybe, just not likely.

If it happens only while running, it could also be one of the rubber hoses connecting the tank to the lines on the car body. But those are on the driver's side as well and are therefore subject to the same application of Occam's Razor (see my signature) as the filler neck.

If your sending unit had a hole in it (rust), I'd strongly suspect rust affected the tank itself as well. Again, see my signature for help.

427seven

If you are losing that much fuel, you need to pull the tank and acurately id the problem. It doesn't matter if it's the filler neck or a hose or a rust spot, in any case you have to pull it.