No gas leak, yeah. '87 505-sti

Douglas Sisson (douglas.a.sisson@snet.net)
Wed, 01 Jul 1998 02:54:47 -0400

As far as I can tell there is no gas leak. I checked for leaks, and all
the hoses and found nothing. I drove it alot today, it was about 1/4
tank when I got home. So, I drove it around town for a while. A few
minutes later I saw the gas guage drop again. It must be the gauge,
because after it quickly gets to E it stays there for a long time
without going lower into the reserve tank area of the gauge.

I can deal with that.
Doug.
> If your car is indeed loosing fuel as fast as your gauge indicates you'll
> see it on the road behind you. It most likely is the fuel sender unit,
> or wiring or the gauge itself. I just took apart and repaired a sender
> unit in the 84 sedan. Look in the archive for the procedure.. Maybe the
> one from your 83 parts car will fit.
>
> Steve
>
> On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 03:19:20 -0400 Douglas Sisson
> <douglas.a.sisson@snet.net> writes:
> >Never a dull moment. While driving my '87 505-sti 2.2l ZDJL, on the
> >highway, I noticied the last quarter tank of gas quickly dissapear. It
> >happened so fast that I could watch its progress. I got off at my
> >exit.
> >As I coasted down the off-ramp the level steadily dropped. Then as I
> >accelerated again after off-ramp, I noticied the level go up a bit. It
> >would go down to empty line at stop and then a little above when
> >accelerating. Thankfully I made it to a gas station. Drove another 10
> >minutes to get home and level seemed regular at 3/4 tank.
> >
> >What does this mean? New fuel pump?
> >
> >While on the highway I did smell a weird smell about ten minutes after
> >gas level started dropping, but it didn't smell like gas and I was
> >driving right next to a oil/chemical harbor dock.
> >Thanks for any help.
> >Doug Sisson - '87 505sti 2.2l ZDJL auto - West Haven,CT
> >http://pages.cthome.net/dougsisson/peugeot.html
> >