Help! V70 D5 in Southampton , diesel leak near tank - Page 2

willfromsussex · Mar 1st, 2011, 21:15

couple more pics

ring has arrived, about to have a go at putting it all together, probably try and make a tool for tightening the ring

willfromsussex · Mar 2nd, 2011, 00:44

OKay. Fitted the new seal, figured out the arrow on sender actually faces the rear (hope so anyway!) then made a tool for turning the retaining ring. I cut a strip of steel to 36cm then bent it round a 4 inch pipe then welded the ends together making a 11.3cm hoop, to fit inside the retaining ring, then I then put some touchup paint on the plastic teeth and pressed the band onto it to get paint on the areas that need to be cut out. Then i just cut out the slots (I have a plasma cutter so the whole job took 20 minutes)

Screwed the thing together then with help of an assistant pumped up the fuel tank with air to check for leaks. It was almost airtight but found a crack in the middle of the top of the sender unit! This was not causing the torrents of fuel pouring out the other day but still needed fixing so I carefully melted the crack together with a soldering iron and retested the tank using air and washing up liquid and water like you do with tyres, and Viola, she's fixed!

Hope this helps someone else out in the future.

For some reason the board is set so I can't edit the title of thread now so can a mod tidy it up by taking out the southampton bit and adding that problem is fixed or put sender unit or something in title, thanks

grass hopper · Mar 2nd, 2011, 00:47

top man,well improvised,hope is all ok

willfromsussex · Mar 4th, 2011, 15:26

yup, filled her to the brim and no leak.
Now to figure out why the lh door unlocks itself.

Mar 2nd, 2011, 00:44	#12
willfromsussex Junior Member Last Online: Oct 10th, 2015 13:11 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: E Grinstead	OKay. Fitted the new seal, figured out the arrow on sender actually faces the rear (hope so anyway!) then made a tool for turning the retaining ring. I cut a strip of steel to 36cm then bent it round a 4 inch pipe then welded the ends together making a 11.3cm hoop, to fit inside the retaining ring, then I then put some touchup paint on the plastic teeth and pressed the band onto it to get paint on the areas that need to be cut out. Then i just cut out the slots (I have a plasma cutter so the whole job took 20 minutes) Screwed the thing together then with help of an assistant pumped up the fuel tank with air to check for leaks. It was almost airtight but found a crack in the middle of the top of the sender unit! This was not causing the torrents of fuel pouring out the other day but still needed fixing so I carefully melted the crack together with a soldering iron and retested the tank using air and washing up liquid and water like you do with tyres, and Viola, she's fixed! Hope this helps someone else out in the future. For some reason the board is set so I can't edit the title of thread now so can a mod tidy it up by taking out the southampton bit and adding that problem is fixed or put sender unit or something in title, thanks Last edited by willfromsussex; Mar 2nd, 2011 at 01:09.

Mar 2nd, 2011, 00:47	#13
grass hopper Premier Member Last Online: Mar 18th, 2011 13:38 Join Date: May 2009 Location: grassmere!	top man,well improvised,hope is all ok __________________

Mar 1st, 2011, 21:15	#11
willfromsussex Junior Member Last Online: Oct 10th, 2015 13:11 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: E Grinstead	couple more pics ring has arrived, about to have a go at putting it all together, probably try and make a tool for tightening the ring

Mar 4th, 2011, 15:26	#14
willfromsussex Junior Member Last Online: Oct 10th, 2015 13:11 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: E Grinstead	yup, filled her to the brim and no leak. Now to figure out why the lh door unlocks itself.

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