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Re: Fuel tank

To: "Terry O'Brien" <mgrepairs@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Fuel tank
From: Philip Schulert <pjschu@usit.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 15:23:39 -0700
Terry
  I have pulled several MGB gas tanks and about half were rusted on top
between trunk floor and tank top.It is not very hard to pull the tank but
it can be pain putting it back by yourself.

   Philip Schulert
   71MGB
   56MGA

Terry O'Brien wrote:

> 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?
>
> ===
> Terry O'Brien, RDU/NC/USA
> -'77 MG B (daily driver)
> -'82 Dodge Ram 50
> -'90+ various boring things
> -other people's British problems
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