hole in gas tank
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hole in gas tank
Hey all,
I filled up my car one night when it was in the 60's and the next day we had a heat wave and had a couple days of temps over 90 degrees with 85-95% humidity, and my car developed a fuel leak.
Upon inspection, i found no hoses or hard lines to be leaking, so i just dropped the tank this morning, and to my surprise, the tank had burst. a few little rust spots with holes bigger than the head of a screw driver.
So, I am going to replace the tank, i don't want to bother trying to patch it or fix it, its too much of a pain to drop again if it doesn't hold, and a new one is $100.
How ever, my question is should i just upgrade my fuel pump while the tank is down? I want to turbo eventually, so i suppose i'd have to do it eventually, but right now i can get a walbro 255 with the accord install kit for another $100. I just don't know if it will be too much fuel pump for a stock car? or does that not matter until the computer tells it it needs more fuel? My car has about 150k miles on it.
I filled up my car one night when it was in the 60's and the next day we had a heat wave and had a couple days of temps over 90 degrees with 85-95% humidity, and my car developed a fuel leak.
Upon inspection, i found no hoses or hard lines to be leaking, so i just dropped the tank this morning, and to my surprise, the tank had burst. a few little rust spots with holes bigger than the head of a screw driver.
So, I am going to replace the tank, i don't want to bother trying to patch it or fix it, its too much of a pain to drop again if it doesn't hold, and a new one is $100.
How ever, my question is should i just upgrade my fuel pump while the tank is down? I want to turbo eventually, so i suppose i'd have to do it eventually, but right now i can get a walbro 255 with the accord install kit for another $100. I just don't know if it will be too much fuel pump for a stock car? or does that not matter until the computer tells it it needs more fuel? My car has about 150k miles on it.
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Re: hole in gas tank
Hey all,
I filled up my car one night when it was in the 60's and the next day we had a heat wave and had a couple days of temps over 90 degrees with 85-95% humidity, and my car developed a fuel leak.
Upon inspection, i found no hoses or hard lines to be leaking, so i just dropped the tank this morning, and to my surprise, the tank had burst. a few little rust spots with holes bigger than the head of a screw driver.
So, I am going to replace the tank, i don't want to bother trying to patch it or fix it, its too much of a pain to drop again if it doesn't hold, and a new one is $100.
How ever, my question is should i just upgrade my fuel pump while the tank is down? I want to turbo eventually, so i suppose i'd have to do it eventually, but right now i can get a walbro 255 with the accord install kit for another $100. I just don't know if it will be too much fuel pump for a stock car? or does that not matter until the computer tells it it needs more fuel? My car has about 150k miles on it.
I filled up my car one night when it was in the 60's and the next day we had a heat wave and had a couple days of temps over 90 degrees with 85-95% humidity, and my car developed a fuel leak.
Upon inspection, i found no hoses or hard lines to be leaking, so i just dropped the tank this morning, and to my surprise, the tank had burst. a few little rust spots with holes bigger than the head of a screw driver.
So, I am going to replace the tank, i don't want to bother trying to patch it or fix it, its too much of a pain to drop again if it doesn't hold, and a new one is $100.
How ever, my question is should i just upgrade my fuel pump while the tank is down? I want to turbo eventually, so i suppose i'd have to do it eventually, but right now i can get a walbro 255 with the accord install kit for another $100. I just don't know if it will be too much fuel pump for a stock car? or does that not matter until the computer tells it it needs more fuel? My car has about 150k miles on it.
You are correct to look into upgrading the pump while you're in there. Why do the labor twice?
You'll most likely be looking at an adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator down the road. If your stock regulator is capable of handling the Walbro's output, your stock injectors won't know any difference until your ready for the next step..
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Re: hole in gas tank
so if i keep my stock regulator with the walbro 255 i will be ok for now until i am ready to upgrade and upgrade the injectors and regulator? or should i upgrade the regulator too.. right now im looking for stock outputs, i just don't want to do the work twice.
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Re: hole in gas tank
The reason people go to adjustable units is to maintain flow volume for feeding larger injectors.
You don't have to deal with this right now.
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