Friday - October 11, 2013
aw crap
I’ve got a fuel leak in my car. Gas puddling on the ground under the tank. Smelly.
damndamndamndamn.
Time to get a flashlight and see what’s leaking. Maybe it’s just the fill pipe flex hose or a loose clamp.
And I was going to drive up to Binghamton this weekend for homecoming.
Crap.
update ... Ok, maybe not so bad. Looks like it’s the vapor return hose between the gas tank and the filler neck vent tube. Probably almost impossible to get to without putting the car on a lift and dropping the tank, but the part itself seems to be about 4” of regular 1/2” rubber fuel hose. It’s dripping because I parked facing a bit uphill, and the gas tank is filled to the max. Once I drive it down it should be fine, and I’ll use up the whole tank going up there and back. So I’ll take it down to the service guy Monday with a nearly empty tank, and let them do it. Should be quick and easy ... and cheap? Meanwhile I’ll park facing downhill.
part # 6, rubber hose with 2 clamps.
Good news is, the latest rain has rinsed the car off, so the yellowjackets are no longer crawling all over it. Much.
What what what?
Yeah, our parking area here is under some big old pine trees. Which drip sap and drop needles. When we had the big storm the other day, tons of needles came down. Tons. All the cars looked like buffaloes, big brown lumps. That many needles fell. Anyway, pine trees get this little specialized insect called an adelgid, commonly known as a pine aphid. And when they suck the sap from the tree they crap out some sugary goo. It’s called honeydew. Yellowjackets love sugar, so they love honeydew too. So when all the needles fell, I guess a lot of that goo came off the needles and stuck to the cars. So there were bees crawling all over the place the next day, having a snack. Now that it’s rained again, and all the loose needles are gone, most of the honeydew has been rinsed off. So the bees are much less of a bother. But, egad, the other day ... dozens of them crawling and buzzing all over the cars.
Posted by Drew458
on 10/11/2013 at 09:23 AM
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