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Made another discovery about my Firebird last weekend. Stopped for gas in New Jersey (no gas tax -- 93 is selling for $3.99 today). After filling up, the attendant pointed out that gas was leaking from what appeared to be the fuel tank. Never noticed this before.
I got underneath it -- gas was running from a hose connected to the gas tank. I'd seen this hose before -- it leads to nowhere. Never was connected to anything. I did not understand its purpose.
I bought a gas can and collected the runoff -- THREE GALLONS. After dealing with this, the car started up and has run fine ever since, without any "gas leak" -- as long as I don't fill the tank.
It looks like the previous owner ran a hose out of the gas tank for "runoff." Why would someone do that? A three-gallon runoff? What could be the purpose of this?
I recall the previous owner advising me not to fill the tank all the way. When I asked him "Why not?" he said, "Oh, you can fill it, go ahead." Why wasn't the guy honest with me? I'd already paid for the car, so it wasn't like I was going to come back at him.
Can I safely plug up this hose, and thereby put this matter to rest? Or should I weld that tank hole? I'd like to be able to fill my tank with gas.
Also discovered that there is a two-line sending unit inside the tank. Apparently this is a performance enhancement that feeds unused gas back into the tank.
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