Got a little bit of a gas leak

Kangae

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Sep 13, 2007
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Well as the title says I seem to have developed a gas leak. Back story is that the supra has been sitting for a few weeks (Seems like about 2 at the most) due to an electrical problem I just got around to. Anyway I hook the battery back up and start it up...things are going fine till I smell gas and am greeted to this when I open my car door:

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Anyway, I was somewhat alarmed...with fire extinguisher close by I poke around a little bit, but not being able to get under the car hindered my ability to find the problem...

Also the fuel system has been replaced from the AFPR forward and I guess back a little bit too, but where could this be coming from?

Another piece of information is that the car did not falter at all when it was running, just kept going fine until I shut it off.
 

jetjock

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Careful there guy. Puddle that size will make quite a vapor cloud while evaporating. If this just happened you might want to hose it down or push the car away from it. And I hope you don't have a water heater with a pilot flame in your garage.

When you're ready jumper FP and B+ to pressurize the fuel system instead of starting the engine again. Leak that size should be easy to find...
 

Finnon

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if you have changed fuel hose maybe theres a duff batch that you used.

Ive replaced one of the lines from tank to filter 3 times on my car now. i was underneath the other day to remove the exhaust and it looks to be breaking down again.
 

ForcedTorque

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Looks like it is coming from the return from the AFPR.

Electrical problems and gas leaks combined can be very scary!!!!

Go out and remove your negative battery cable at least until you can work on the car again. Do as JJ said and clean the area good, then attempt to repair, and only attempt to start the car when you believe it is repaired. Do NOT under any circumstances try to drive the car until repaired. Keep the fire extinguisher handy.
 

Sil

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Similar thing happened when I got my car back together a couple of weeks ago, except when I started the car with the hood open I saw the geyser of fuel flowing all over the engine, I nearly fell flat on my face running back to the car to shut it off. Turned out to be a loose hose, second time around I pressurized to fuel system with the Fp and B+ just to be sure. Can't be too careful I guess, I would disconnect and reconnect everything just to make sure it has a good solid seal.
 

90T04

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I had a section of stainless steel braid hose fail on me once. It was about 5 years old and was pretty stiff. I smelled gas while driving so I pulled over shut it off and popped the hood. The hose had cracked inside the braid and was spraying fuel all over the hot engine through it. Needless to say I replaced all the steel braided hose and I now have a fire extinguisher in the car at all times.
 

Kangae

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Sep 13, 2007
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I checked the immediate area around the AFPR and it didn't seem to be wet or anything, nor did the top area of my engine, but I guess I didn't give a very in depth investigation of anything but the AFPR.

Also there arnt any utilities or anything in the garage, its just got cars and bikes and stuff like that in there. But I'll try that fuel pump thing when I get the car up on jacks so I can see underneath it. Thanks guys.