BuiltCivic99

ummm so yesturday i was driving ...i pulled in a parking lot to talk to some friends turned the car off ....told me friend to come over and take a look at something under the hood(gasket leak) nothing major turned the car back on my friend reved it with the spindel thing. closed the hood as i was talking to them my friend says oh i can see it ...smoke was just pouring out under the hood i said well the oil woudlnt smoke like that let me see...i open the hood and theres fuel...dripping off the throttle body and around that area...injectors and fuel pressure reg n fuel rail....i quickly turn the car off b.c if i get a spark or backfire of any kind car was goin up....i cant turn it on cuz if theres some by the spark plugs ...ya u kno wuts gonna happen...what should i do its sitting in a parking lot and i cant turn it on..what could it be...thx. its a 94 civic dx with a b16 swap. we already tried turning it on the on pos...and had the walbro run and no fuel leaked out but still dont want to turn on the motor did it posssibly happen cuz my friend turned the spindel?

Hanmin

its leaking through the fuel rail and hitting the vc? I say fix the leak if you can see where its coming from, and then just start it up. Gas evaporates pretty quick, but I would wipe everything down with a damp towel just incase.

godspeedcrv

I had the same issue when I was upgrading my FPR. First I had a make-shift one that had an OEM stem and a Vortec adjustable top. Well I over-torqued it and cracked the stem. Fuel was spraying for it but I couldn't tell where. It was a small hairline crack. You've gotta find the source of the leak before you can drive it away. It could be there or on the rail, maybe in the threading.

Hanmin is right about gas evaporating quickly, but be very cautious!