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rvp1030
11-13-2008, 04:49 PM
So I filled up my tank today for the first time since buying the car and I get to work and notice the fuel gauge is close to the 3/4 mark :confused My drive is only 20 miles so i think to myself my mpg's can't be THAT bad even with my heavy foot and 4.10 gears :eek:

I go in to the office to pee and figure if there's a slow leak i'll see it when i go back out. Sure enough there's a small puddle of gas on the right rear side :( So i go back in to the office and jump Bfc and start looking for gas tank leak issues and notice that some of you guys have had issues with leaks over 3/4 full tanks. I went out to lunch and hoped that i still had at least a 1/2 tank in there and sure enough the needle was resting right on the 3/4 mark. Man I wish I would have noticed one of those threads before! :jedicryin
StealthBimmer
11-13-2008, 04:55 PM
so dont fill it past 3/4...problem solved
jhower08
11-13-2008, 05:07 PM
so dont fill it past 3/4...problem solved

That's the easy fix. The safe and legit fix is to either find a used tank for cheap and throw it in, or simply find your hole and patch it.
rvp1030
11-13-2008, 05:08 PM
That is the plan from now on.

I figure there's a leak by or on the fill tube since it was dripping from that area. But I have no idea what the tank looks like around there.
Blauanzug
11-13-2008, 05:09 PM
i would patch it.
e34525bimmer
11-13-2008, 05:19 PM
yeah dude if its pretty slow slow just patch it up
attack eagle
11-13-2008, 05:45 PM
soap is an acceptable temp fix until you can fix it correctly if it is a pinhole.

rub a bar of soap over the hole... done

old school trick.
rvp1030
11-13-2008, 06:05 PM
soap is an acceptable temp fix until you can fix it correctly if it is a pinhole.

rub a bar of soap over the hole... done

old school trick.

Interesting, i've never heard that before. The gas doesn't eat away at the soap or anything?
attack eagle
11-13-2008, 06:07 PM
not for a while. soap is not very soluble in gasoline...very soluble in water though (car wash, rainy day, etc)
Pooch
11-13-2008, 06:09 PM
What kind of soap? Body soap? Sensitive skin face bar? Zest or Dove? Sooo many options! :)
rvp1030
11-13-2008, 06:16 PM
My car needs to be zestfully clean :)
PCP JR
11-13-2008, 07:01 PM
Irish Spring, given the old school nature of E34s

:buttrock
Pooch
11-13-2008, 07:03 PM
What about Old Spice? ?????? !
jessejames
11-13-2008, 07:59 PM
What about Old Spice? ?????? !

+1 - irish spring might be a throw back, but old spice goes way back (like lawn chairs).
BMRSEB
11-13-2008, 08:10 PM
Yardley..