notthd

Similar to Mike's post I had a leak that started out as a slight gas smell when I put the top down. Eventually it got worse and turned into a visible leak. I started in the trunk checking (like the parallel post stated) the filler neck and the tank points. Nothing was found there so under the car I went.



With the wheel off it was easy to see tha the leak was somewhere inside the lower tray that houses the pump.



To remove the tray you unbolt the retaining strap and remove a few screws and it lowers down with some twisting and coaching. With the tray off I found the leak easily. The banjo bolt (or whatever it's called) the holds the pressure fitting onto the pump was hand tight - WOW that was close, I could only imagine what might of happened if I had not looked inot the leak untill later-





I inspected the brass washers and re-torqued the bolt. Reassembled and all is fine. simple fix for a preplexing problem. Hope this helps- Cheers, Mike

Luis de Prat

Thanks for this. It's hard enough to figure these things out, let alone take pics of when you actually jump in there to figure out what the problem is and fix it. Well done!

notthd

thanks for rthe boost- Mike

ryan@usaimage.com

Good job. It seems like a lot of cabs have this fuel smell problem. My car has this and I have not tracked it down yet. It is not very bad, but your post gives me motavation to take another look.

jlasuncion

also have a cab and still trying to track down the smell...any updates from those who have been successful?

RajDatta

The odor in my cab came from the gas tank filler neck seam. I had to remove the gas tank to get it pressure tested.
Regards.
Raj

swmic

Thanks for posting!

jeff968

Great post, thanks!!

Bill

I bet your fuel mileage has not been very good lately. Always a good indicator of a leak.

FRporscheman

My dad used to complain about poor fuel economy in his F-150, turned out a fuel line was rubbing against a steel bracket, and it cut right into the line. It was leaking a few inches away from the exhaust... gotta love Ford. But aside from that it's been a good truck.