Fuel Tank Update.

["therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx>]

After tinkering with my Carbon Canistor last time, I suspected it 
to be the culprit behind what wasn't bleeding off the excess 
pressure within my gas tank when heating up. And it turns out to 
be right so far. The gasoline smell is for the most part gone. The 
only time that it will occur is around when the temp gague hits 
about 220. The fans will kick on, cool everything down, and the 
smell goes away. The same if I park the car when the temp is 
high. When I get back in, the gas smell will be present, but as 
soon as the engine runs for a couple of minutes, the smell goes 
away.

Getting everything down to this point, the remaining smell should 
be eliminated by giving the tank a once over, and replacing a few 
hoses, and reseating the fuel pump seals. Last year back in 
2000 when I first got the car, the problem was so bad that the I 
had gasoline bubling out from the electrical connections on the 
fuel sending unit. After a set of new hoses and what not, I'm 
going to try and seal the sending unit with liquid gasket maker. 
It's resistant to petrolium, and I can brush it on to get into all of 
the nooks and crannies. Hopefully, that should take care of the 
vapor leaks.

So far the fuel pump has been fairly quiet, but I'll need to do more 
testing to know for sure. But if the noise continues, then I'll just 
continue with the plan to eliminate the pick-up hose all together. 
Even after a completly new ignition system though, I'm still 
having a hot-start problem. So far I've narrowed it down to either 
the accumulator, or the check vavle on the fuel pump. But I won't 
know for sure untill I perform an actual physical test of the fuel 
system pressures.

Just thought that I would share this with the group incase any 
others might have simular problems.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"