So recently i have noticed my car is getting horrible gas mileage ( 7.3 gallons and got 130 miles before empty... thats 17.8 mpg for you math wizards) ( also jsut last night i put in 6 dollars and the car is already on empty after drivng a whole 30 miles) and yesterday i noticed a huge puddle of gas under the car in the driveway and put two and two together .... i searched "gas leak" and "fuel leak" and they were all about integras and a crx and stuff.
The question, is there some "metal plate" under my back seats i can take off to get to the TOP of my fuel tank? and if the leak is directly from the tank ( a hole or something) what could i use to temporarily stop the leak ( some bubble gum or something... jk)
Should i get a welder to weld the hole, or just go and buy a whole new tank and put that on there? assuming their is a hole in the tank. GOD DAMN 1990 HONDA ACCORDS

 

check out this:

http://www.hotrodders.com/t24991.html

 

you get yourself killed trying to weld back there...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fe519 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you get yourself killed trying to weld back there...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Good thing i have no idea how to weld. I dont think i would try it anyways, i'll let someone else get paid to take the chance of blowing themselves up.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RotaryBzzzz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">check out this:

http://www.hotrodders.com/t24991.html</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks man

Anyone have experience/advice on putting on a new gas tank?

 

if you are going to do this by yourself, i would reference a chiltons or helms manual for proper removal and install.

 

good idea

 

yeah thats what I would say to do,

 

if your tank is leaking, it's junked.

thing been soaked with gasoline for that long shouldnt never welded.

rust is cause by water from the inside of the tank(SHOULD be), empty gas tank sitting under the sun for couple of year

 

I agree with everyone else when they're saying take it to a shop to have someone else work on it and take the chances, third degree burns dont sound too appealing.......

 

Your post doesn't say if you've traced the leak to the tank. I would be very surprised if the tank leaked, unless it sat empty with water for a long time, or it was impacted in an accident. I would be much more suspicious of connections between fuel lines and filters (which are changed relatively often), pumps, or the connection to the tank. Especially, look for places where the line can rub against something, like where it passes close to a vibrating part. So, get the car up on stands, with a full tank, and start looking. Better yet, pay a shop to put it up on a rack so you can walk around with a flashlight.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by John Gordon &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Your post doesn't say if you've traced the leak to the tank. I would be very surprised if the tank leaked, unless it sat empty with water for a long time, or it was impacted in an accident. I would be much more suspicious of connections between fuel lines and filters (which are changed relatively often), pumps, or the connection to the tank. Especially, look for places where the line can rub against something, like where it passes close to a vibrating part. So, get the car up on stands, with a full tank, and start looking. Better yet, pay a shop to put it up on a rack so you can walk around with a flashlight.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I know it is coming from the tank becuase i will park the car, then move it an hour or so later and there will be a puddle of gas right between where the rear wheels were parked ( where the gas tank is located)

 

But there's still a handfull of hoses back there. It could be a tear in the filler pipe. Maybe the hose from the fuel pump. Maybe the return hose coming back from the FPR...

 

maybe its the time of the month for your car.. slap on a pad jk lol.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sh0rti &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">maybe its the time of the month for your car.. slap on a pad jk lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>
hahahaha

but yeah, i just got done lifting the car and checking it out, the leak seems to be coming from behind a plastic casing that is right behind the rear drivers side wheel. I would have taken it off but i didnt have the car high enough to work under there and it was on my icy driveway.

Lifting a car on an icy unlevel driveway and crawling under the car =

 

dude here what u do. get the gas tank off the car. then put 4-5 feet off the ground. fill it up and find out where the leak is. after u find it go to the car and see if everything is clear at the gas tank bed. after doing this u go and BUY NEW GAS TANK

 

what the f*ck are you talking about?

 

read somewhere that something got stuck between the gas tank and the body of the car and the gas tank was leaking. so i suggested the guy to find out where the leak is in the tank and check from **** stuck to his lower part of his car. is that f**king hard to understand lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92prelude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">... the leak seems to be coming from behind a plastic casing that is right behind the rear drivers side wheel. I would have taken it off but i didnt have the car high enough to work under there and it was on my icy driveway.</TD></TR></TABLE>Sounds like the shroud that covers up the filler neck along with about 4 other hoses. So one of them is leaking, maybe not the tank itself.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92prelude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Lifting a car on an icy unlevel driveway and crawling under the car =
</TD></TR></TABLE>Yeah, I'll go along with that!