Penglii Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 My fuel filler neck has finally rotted out completely... so now I'm trying to brainstorm alternative ways to get enough gas in my tank for a week's worth of driving to and from work in the Blue Sedan... I'll have my spare filler neck back into my possession in a couple days, and will have the time to change it out next weekend. But until then the car is nearly empty and I really don't want to hitch a ride to/from work all week. Thus I gotta resort to ghetto-fab solutions. My first thought was to duct-tape the filler neck enough that I can put a tanks worth of gas into the car... however this is likely to be an epic fail due to the cold damp weather and the adhesive dissolving powers of gasoline. It occurs to me that the anti-syphon valve prevents you from jamming a hose down the neck and into the tank to REMOVE gas from the car... but is there any reason that it would fail miserably to pour gas INTO the tank using a hose jammed as far down as it can go, thus bypassing the rot-holes? I suppose I might want to crawl under the car anyway and laboriously disconnect the neck from the rubber connecting hose to check for plan-thwarting rust chunk clogs... but I'll probably want to do that anyway... I suppose I don't have much to lose by trying... Thoughts? Encouragement? Concerns? Better ideas? Worse Ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOT2B GM Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 slap on some short strand fiberglass where the filler neck is leaking (like Bondoglass) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 friend of mine bought a grand prix with a busted hose from the filler neck to tank. we wrapped the shit out of it with duct tape in a parking lot. lasted a few weeks till we got around to replacing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediabandit Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Take a piece of wax paper, any kind you pick up in the grocery store for $1.89 or so. Wrap the filler neck with it, then wrap your duct tape around the wax paper, you will have no issues with the gas eating the duct tape for about a month, so it will give you lots of time to fill it up and replace the filler neck when you get time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 X2 on the wax paper... I also thought about suggesting wrapping a garbage bag around the fuller neck and taping that up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediabandit Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 X2 on the wax paper... I also thought about suggesting wrapping a garbage bag around the fuller neck and taping that up Garbage bag won't work for any period of time, gas will eat right through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Ah didn't realize that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penglii Posted December 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 I like the wax paper idea, that's just simple enough to be brilliant! I will be giving that a try, it could also improve the adhesion of the duct tape as opposed to being right on the near-freezing cold metal... Should I remove the filler neck from the car for the patch-up job? Or is it "easy" enough to finagle some tape around the pipe while it is still on the car? I'm sure I'll see for myself which way will be easier as soon as I get up in there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Jack up the left rear and take the wheel and flare off and you'll have plenty of access Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penglii Posted December 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 That's what I hoped Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penglii Posted December 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 (edited) Well now this blows... somehow the wheel is stuck. The lugnuts are off, the wheel is jacked up off the ground, the parking brake is on, but I still cannot pull or even hammer the wheel off myself. That's just not right... This presents a whole new disturbing angle to my problem! Gonna be really hard to repare or replace this filler neck if I cannot even get to it! So now I have 2 cars that I cannot currently drive... that's just great... Edited December 31, 2010 by Penglii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingVee Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Big plank of wood (to protect wheel), sledgehammer, all the power you can dish out. Wheel = off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penglii Posted December 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 HAHAHA yeah I'm sure that will work... good excuse to go get a sledgehammer. I suppose I just don't own a big enough hammer. Ran out of time to work on this for now today... hopefully I get some time tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtuetovice Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Spartan kick that sum'bitch Demonstration: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mra32 Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 you know what I did when this happened to me is to jack it up, loosen the nuts just a tad, like a bit looser than finger tight, then release the pressure in the jack quickly. Worked for me. YMMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutlassdude96 Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 I just kick the wheel on either sides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Anti-seize against the mounting face of the wheel and the rotor will prevent this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOT2B GM Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Loosen the lugnuts just a bit and then do this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penglii Posted January 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 SUCEESS! Finally had some more time to freeze my ass off working on this... got the wheel off by loosening the lugnuts and raising/dropping the jack a few times. Piece of cake. Got the not-rotted fuel filler neck installed... really glad I did not try to patch the old one, it fell apart in my hands when I touched it. Yikes. Having the filler neck split in half makes it super easy to remove... getting the new one in was a PAIN IN THE ASS. But 2 hours later and maybe a little frostbite I can finally put gas in my Blue Sedan again. Thanks for all your ideas everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtuetovice Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 That fuel filter is gonna be nasssstyyyyy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penglii Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 I can only imagine, I'm certainly planning on replacing the fuel filter soon. After I do maybe I'll bust the old one open and take pics of the horror inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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