going to kill my car!!

I've got a really important interview down at bournemouth arts uni tomorrow to see if i get on the course, bin and put 40 quid of fuel in my car tonite, parked up at home to a strong smell of fuel.

It's bloody leaking out of the flexi joint between the filler pipe and the tank its only a pipe grip with a screw driver adjuster, but ive not got a decent jack and living on a hill i dont trust a crappy normal one so waiting for the AA to come out at the mo

Oh dear… your brake line may be corroded (mine was).  I cut the corroded part off and shoved it further into the flexi then tightened.  Make sure it is the flexi mate as mine looked like it was that but it actually wasn't.

Feel for you bud especially after filling it up.

cant check properly until breakdown get here with some decent lights and a proper jack but hopefully its just the flexi, cheers tho dude

good luck ..

I dono whether to take it as good or bad news, the holes in the top of my petrol tank so the guy from the aa was just like well u might as well just get driving it and use some of the fuel. Then dont fill it to the top until u've changed the tank lol

So it's rusted a hole in it?  You sure it's not the filler neck somewhere?… that would explain why it doesn't appear until you fill it up as it doesn't normally reach that high  :dontknow:

How the hell have you got £40 of fuel to fill the tank  8O  8O Filled mine at the end of last month (was just in the red) and stopped filling @ £50  :evil:  The petrol pump hadn't even started 'clicking'  :cry: Further advise, if you smoke don't throw your fag out the window when at the lights  

There was abit of fuel in it already, and it didnt completely fill the tank. just near enough to reach the top when it sloshed about with me stop starting. I guess it could be the filler neck that didnt look in too bad a condition tho. To be fair whether its the tank or the filler neck i guess the tanks got to come out to find out but yeah its definately something rusted.

Dont worry i dont smoke

Brings up the choices tho of do i replace it with a gti tank and start and engine conversion….

if you cant see a hole in the top of the tank Id start looking for other causes before going to the expense of changing it.

from experience places to check are both the seal and connection at the top of the sender gauge. Check out the post below, after fixing could still smell fuel and then replacing the sender gauge seal fixed that as well.

http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=36940&highlight=asbestos

Sedge if you need a tank for a tintop injection I have a new one in the garage that you can have for 20 quid.  Im only in Belper so not too far away

Rob

rob that offer really isnt helping me be sensible and try to fix the one i've already got  
Will definately keep that in mind tho cheers because it is very tempting to sticka valver in it i'll let you know as soon as dude

£20 I'd take the tank bud… brilliant offer and well done for offering to help a follow mk1'er!!!!  16 valver is something I'll be doing to mine in the near future hopefully…. as  if you needed an excuse  

Haha i no tell me about it! its more just whether i can afford the rest of the conversion I'm not mechanically minded at all although my dads mate used to be a mechanic so i'm sure he could help me out. I guess I could buy the tank now and just sit on it for a while, well not literally. Altho it could make a unusual coffee table….

i'd take the tank as repairing the other one will be difficult

i wouldn't fancy welding a hole up in a tank  8O

need any help sedge i ain't to far away

wow you guys really are a helpfull bunch cheers jelly, if I do go for the conversion, chances are I will take you up on that offer at some point or other jelly  

The only thing putting me off going for it is the electrics really well other than the money…

i aint on about te conversion mate i haven't got a clue about any conversions yet!!

but the tank i can help you sort out

ahh right haha getting ahead of myself abit there the only thing is, mines a 1.1 carb engine so the fuel pump would need swapping over if thts possible?

not to sure on weather the gti tanks is the same as the small block tanks

hmm i'll have to look into it then i guess