Terry,
The top of my '75's tank did disappear, into rust and scale and thence
into the fuel filters. I kept smelling gas, then more and more of it.
Couldn't locate the problem, so finally took the car to a shop. By the
time I got home, they were calling me and laughing that the mechanic's
wrench that he slid up on top of the tank while going underneath fell
into the tank. About 70 percent of the top of the tank was as porous as
a piece of gauze. I had bought the car in Maine, apparently having spent
its life there, then put on another winter, for nine or ten years of
year-round use. Apparently it's the sand and road salt that lodges on
the top of the tank and eats it from the top down.
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:48:56 -0700 (PDT) "Terry O'Brien"
<mgrepairs@yahoo.com> writes:
>It seems that when I top off the fuel tank on my '77B the top 15% of
>the fuel seems to disappear. The car is equipped with an evaporation
>loss system, which appears to be intact. I have not notice an obvious
>leak, but there are modest gasoline odors in the boot. Replacing the
>hoses in the boot has made no difference.
>
>Living with it has not been a problem, but while surfing some LBC
>sites, I found someone that said all B's have leaking tanks.
>Considering that he was offering to fix them, I was not overly
>concerned.
>
>Should I be? Where is the top of my tank going?
>
>
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>Terry O'Brien, RDU/NC/USA
>-'77 MG B (daily driver)
>-'82 Dodge Ram 50
>-'90+ various boring things
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