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1. A good idea to check... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 22:33:13 -0700; ...your fuel supply line if you have a 1500 Midget. Last night after taking the 1500 out for a quick spin after getting the correct wheels amd tires back on the car, This was the first real drive I h; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg00168.html (9,281 bytes)
2. RE: A good idea to check... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 00:48:45 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"; I had the same thing happen on my '79 MGB, it happened when my father started the car.... all the gas flowed out onto the garage floor and I was lucky to get it shut off before my dad revved the engi; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg00169.html (10,249 bytes)
3. Re: A good idea to check... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 07:26:48 EDT; Thanks Gerard! I drive a 1500 and have a sort of different gasoline problem. It is not leaking--I have never seen a puddle or drip of gasoline under the car. BUT when I fill up the gasoline tank ther; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg00174.html (7,546 bytes)
4. Re: A good idea to check... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:58:50 -0400; Check the carbon canister on the right side of the engine compartment. That turned out to be the trouble when I had a similar problem. The darn thing was fouled badly, and gas sodden. Replacing the; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg00175.html (8,273 bytes)
5. RE: A good idea to check... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 08:12:24 -0400 charset="iso-8859-1"; When I was reinstalling my engine and tranny, I accidentally broke the fuel line at the same spot. It was only a steady drip, but I kept the front of the car elevated until I had a chance to go repla; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg00176.html (8,299 bytes)
6. Re: A good idea to check... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 04:58:25 -0700charset="iso-8859-1"; In regards to your fuel smell, try instecting the fuel vapor recovery system. If the charcoal cannister is missing or the flimsy rubber tubes to it have perished you will get strong fuel vapor smell; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg00178.html (7,494 bytes)
7. Re: A good idea to check... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 17:59:53 -0400; Two ideas from me. The rubber hose on the filler neck in the boot might have a crack or be loose. Or the sending unit is leaking which will onluy show up on a fill up or parked on a hill. (How do I k; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg00211.html (8,158 bytes)
8. Re: A good idea to check... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 18:53:23 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"; This would be way off base, but ... if I fill up my tank very full and park it in the hot sun, it seems to expand out the filler cap. I only did this once. Now when the gas pump kicks off the first t; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg00218.html (8,434 bytes)
9. Re: A good idea to check... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 17:22:28 -0700; David - Have you checked the hoses to the vent unit mounted in the trunk right hand side (inside the wheel well). There are two about 1/4 " dia hoses there that I found had rotted away. The gas fumes; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg00222.html (8,122 bytes)
10. Re: A good idea to check... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 23:01:47 -0400 (EDT); Don't know if this may be similar, but we had this problem on my wife's 69 Sprite. It turned out that the welded seam where the filler stub enters the tank had many gaps. We think it was sealed up wi; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg00230.html (8,387 bytes)

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