Subject	Your fuel filler neck is rusted so it does not seal well.
Posted by	doug8867 on April 18, 2008 at 9:41 AM
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In Reply To	The Notorious gasleak posted by Gokussayien on April 18, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Message	If you remove the inner plastic wheel well cover you can inspect it. Mine was pretty bad and caused the same problem on the paint you described. I replaced it with a new one and it fixed the problem. It was a pain in the butt job though wiggling the old pipe out and the new one in. Lots of stuff in the way like shock tower, brake lines, HICAS, etc. that needs to be loosened. Plus some of the bolts that attach the filler pipe to the car were rusted beyond repair so had to be drilled out. Gas had been running down the inside of the wheel well for quite some time. :-/ In hindsight, lowering the gas tank might have made getting the pipe to fit to the tank easier, (there's a gasket that also has to be simulaneously held in place when attaching the pipe) but not sure how much effort is involved in dropping the tank so it may have been a wash in time. The whole job took me about 10 hours. Hope that helps.
Follow Ups	The Notorious gasleak - Gokussayien 00:39:33 04/18/08 The faded spot is from you spilling gas on the side of - 550HPTT 07:37:13 04/18/08 Re: The faded spot is from you spilling gas on the side of (n/m) - Gokussayien 08:25:27 04/18/08 Re: Re: The faded spot is from you spilling gas on the side of - Gokussayien 08:27:58 04/18/08 The heat is usually also coming from the transmission - en5 09:31:49 04/18/08 Your fuel filler neck is rusted so it does not seal well. - doug8867 09:41:55 04/18/08 Re: Your fuel filler neck is rusted so it does not seal well. (n/m) - Gokussayien 21:43:39 04/18/08
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