Ihad a 67 Firebird once that had a similar problem. I took a bar of soap
and smeared some soap into the leak and it stopped. This got me around
until I it fixed using the same epoxy - screw trick. I wonder if that
meant I had a new detergent gasoline. ;-)
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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>I was working in a service station, when a VW Bug pulled up which was
>leaking gas. It turned out the gas tank had a pinhole rusted through
>the bottom. The head mechanic took a look at the car, at the cashless
>students inside, and told me to do this. Mixed up some epoxy, let it
>harden a little, and smeared it on a sheet metal screw. Rolled up my
>sleeve and tightened the screw gently into the dripping pinhole.
>Stopped the leak completely right there in the driveway. I've always
>wondered how long they went with that makeshift repair.
>
>Years later, I drove through a big puddle in a Nissan. The front wheel
>found a pothole which went halfway to China, and I bottomed out the
>oilpan, putting in a crease and a small hole. I smeared some Orange
>Permatex on a sheet metal screw and threaded it right into the hole.
>Never bothered to do anything else, and it was fine until it went to the
>junkyard after being rear-ended one day.
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