PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! Someone help me! (mk1 fuel tank)

[Bluebeard]

Right i've had a proper look at the tank and it would appear that a part has snapped. I believe it to be some sort of thing.... o)

Anyway, its a white plastic thing and its sheared off. Its situated just behind of the o/s/r wheel if you look at the car side on.

It looks like a pipe thats attatched to the tank.

The pipe itself is pissing out fuel (hence the mole grips clamping it) but the white plastic part is not leaking anything.

Heres a pic or 2....

 

[D1CKY]

Right i've had a proper look at the tank and it would appear that a part has snapped. I believe it to be some sort of thing.... o)

Anyway, its a white plastic thing and its sheared off. Its situated just behind of the o/s/r wheel if you look at the car side on.

It looks like a pipe thats attatched to the tank.

The pipe itself is pissing out fuel (hence the mole grips clamping it) but the white plastic part is not leaking anything.

Heres a pic or 2....

No pics bud

 

[Bluebeard]

ffs.... hold on.

 

[Bluebeard]

 

[iimushroomzii]

That's a piece of hose with a broken white thing on the end...

 

[Bluebeard]

You're a bellend.

I opened this thread with such hope when I seen someone had replied!

 

[D1CKY]

Does the hose connect to anythings else in the vicinity ?

Could it be a plastic male male hose joiner thats broke with getting brittle over time ?

 

[Bluebeard]

It 'seems' to come out of the tank and back into the tank, hence why I think the fuel only comes out of the pipe and not out of the white plastic socket.

 

[ForceIndia]

Have you tried pm'ing the mk1 boys (foxy etc)? They seem to make a habit of taking their motors apart!

 

[sideways danny]

hang on, I'll see if the RSI has one

 

[sideways danny]

I dont appear to have that on mine, so it must be part of the valver reserve tank setup. Block it up, be fine

 

[Bluebeard]

I dont appear to have that on mine, so it must be part of the valver reserve tank setup. Block it up, be fine

Serious?? What about the white bit??

 

[sideways danny]

limited to what i can see as the cars on the floor, and not 100% on what i'm looking at in your picture, but I dont appear to have any of the parts you have

 

[Bluebeard]

limited to what i can see as the cars on the floor, and not 100% on what i'm looking at in your picture, but I dont appear to have any of the parts you have

*cough*

F4r?

*cough*



I am going to bung it up tomorrow and see how it goes. If its just a return pipe for the reserve tank then i'll fcuk it off and just make sure I never go under quarter of a tank.

 

[ForceIndia]

Good reason to cut the fags imo

 

[sideways danny]

*cough*

F4r?

*cough*



I am going to bung it up tomorrow and see how it goes. If its just a return pipe for the reserve tank then i'll fcuk it off and just make sure I never go under quarter of a tank.

mine's not a valver so no reserve tank

 

[Russ_16v]

I think it looks like the fuel return, il have a peek at the weekend, but i expect the MK1 boys would have been along and told us by then lol

 

[BRUN]

pm f0xy

 

[Bluebeard]

^Done.

 

[Bluebeard]

Anyone else?? Its stuck on stands in work and I really need to sort it.

 

[Bluebeard]

Right....

TOp of the pic in the middle, there is a smaller tank. On the bottom of that little pic of the smaller tank, there is something that bolts into the tank but I can't find out what it is or what its called! I need it! Mines snapped in half!

 

[Bluebeard]

Jord has just messaged me saying he thinks its the return for the overflow?

DO I need this? (He's not online anymore so I can't ask him)

 

[richy22]

Il guess for you! You dont need it.. Thats my guess!

 

[Bluebeard]

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

You wont need the return overflow dude. 100%

 

[lemonnobby]

that diagram is crap. how did it snap just black it up and see what happens? it wont be anything to bad does it still run with that clamped up?

 

[Bluebeard]

What does it do mate?

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

"during the war" before garage pumps clicked off, the overflow tank would store any over filled petrol and feed main tank as fuel was burnt. Most old cars will have a pipe/tank for overflow. Although ii'm sure you're aware of this.

if you under it should connect to the smaller tank - (only had a 2L capacity or something) just block it off mate, wont cause any problems

 

[Bluebeard]

This is a deffinate yeah?

I can block the rubber pipe off, but What do I do about the plastic bit thats stuck in the tank??