SO when another member here was removing his tank for inspection and to replace his filler neck hose, i paid close attention as i could SWEAR i tippitty topped off my tank in february and when i checked in march, it was a tad low.
Time passed and i forgot about it. I currently have some free time and decided to reassess the situation. I went out a little while ago and found this ..
SO i took the front panel cover off and i definitely see where things at the bottom of the fuel tank were wet with diesel at one point but not glistening wet 'now'. i reviewed my filler neck hose and it looked fine, showed no signs of cracking and seemed pliable.
Upon removing the filler tube which obviously was sitting in an almost full tank of diesel, i looked back at the filler neck hose and thought i saw a drop of diesel between the gas tank filler neck and the hose.. I assume that as i laid the tube at the gas tank opening to drip off excess diesel, that some fuel got down between the filler neck and hose. So there may be a potential leak between the neck of the tank and the hose. Good thing that i have a spare filler neck hose. I will replace that tomorrow morning ..
My other concern is rubber bushings #42 for the tank drain, and #38 in the TM's. The #38 is easily seen at the top right of the tank and it 'definitely' is cracked at the edges where the washer mashes it down but no signs of seepage. If that's the case, then I'm sure the #42 bushing is in the same or worse condition.
There is a good chance that the #42 bushing is the real culprit in the missing fuel in the tank, the diesel stains on the front panel, and gravel to the left of the genset in the picture.
If so, i have two questions.. Can #42 be replaced without removing the tank. ( i am sure this is wishful thinking ). And where do i get replacement bushing #42 please ?
I did a search in the threads for a similar response but found nothing. It could be my search parameters.
Any help would be great. THANKS
Time passed and i forgot about it. I currently have some free time and decided to reassess the situation. I went out a little while ago and found this ..
SO i took the front panel cover off and i definitely see where things at the bottom of the fuel tank were wet with diesel at one point but not glistening wet 'now'. i reviewed my filler neck hose and it looked fine, showed no signs of cracking and seemed pliable.
Upon removing the filler tube which obviously was sitting in an almost full tank of diesel, i looked back at the filler neck hose and thought i saw a drop of diesel between the gas tank filler neck and the hose.. I assume that as i laid the tube at the gas tank opening to drip off excess diesel, that some fuel got down between the filler neck and hose. So there may be a potential leak between the neck of the tank and the hose. Good thing that i have a spare filler neck hose. I will replace that tomorrow morning ..
My other concern is rubber bushings #42 for the tank drain, and #38 in the TM's. The #38 is easily seen at the top right of the tank and it 'definitely' is cracked at the edges where the washer mashes it down but no signs of seepage. If that's the case, then I'm sure the #42 bushing is in the same or worse condition.
There is a good chance that the #42 bushing is the real culprit in the missing fuel in the tank, the diesel stains on the front panel, and gravel to the left of the genset in the picture.
If so, i have two questions.. Can #42 be replaced without removing the tank. ( i am sure this is wishful thinking ). And where do i get replacement bushing #42 please ?
I did a search in the threads for a similar response but found nothing. It could be my search parameters.
Any help would be great. THANKS