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Old 04-08-2010, 01:12 PM   #1
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gas all over the ground in front of my truck

ok so one of the outlets on my fuel sending unit was loose and leaking so i jb welded it and put my bed back on then last night my truck was running really bad like it wasnt getting gas then today im at work i go out to my truck to go to lunch and there is gas everywhere coming from this canister on my radiator support it has the line from the tank one from the intake manifold for vacuum and one blocked off its pulling gas from the tank and drianing it what do i do???
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Old 04-08-2010, 03:23 PM   #2
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Re: gas all over the ground in front of my truck

i think its just a malfunctioning vapor canister
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Old 04-08-2010, 05:01 PM   #3
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Re: gas all over the ground in front of my truck

its called siphoning
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Old 04-09-2010, 09:05 AM   #4
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Re: gas all over the ground in front of my truck

ok so i capped the vac port on my intake and the tube from the tank and removed the canister truck runs good now but should i replace the canister?
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Old 04-09-2010, 12:07 PM   #5
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Re: gas all over the ground in front of my truck

I would keep it either way, if you need to go for emissions, you could get hit
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Old 04-09-2010, 01:58 PM   #6
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Re: gas all over the ground in front of my truck

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I would keep it either way, if you need to go for emissions, you could get hit
Ya x2 I don't know if you emissions or not out there!
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Old 04-10-2010, 01:20 PM   #7
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no we dont have emission inspections here
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