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Old 05-10-2008, 07:51 AM   #1
SkylineNXS
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Anybody up for a fireball?

So heres the deal, i came home frome college today, about a 3 and a hlaf hour trip from champaign, IL, to crystal lake, IL. THe first sign that somethin was up was that as i was drivin i could sorta smell gas, but it was extremly faint, and i kept drivin past gas stations, so i figured i would check once i got home to fill 'er up. So i get to the gas station about 2 min from my house, nad im fillin up the LH tank, and some lady on the street in her car yells, hey kid with the truck, ur leakin gas! So i look under the truck and lookie here, a big puddle is forming underneith the RH tank. So im thinkin ****....so i quickly move the truck, very cautious, dont wanna blow anything up, and drive home. Me and my dad remove the plastic gaurd cover thing over the tank to find a nice foam pad lookin thing that was pressed up against the tank, with has a nice size hole in it streamin gas out. That tank didnt really work right in the first place, so there was only about 2 gallons in it. We were able to catch about a gallon, so that means on my trip home today, i lost a gallon of gas through that hole...it wasnt leaking when i left so somethin must have moved. So just a warning, if u buy a new truck, in my case an 87, check for foam pads covering holes in ur gas tanks!!

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