How To Remove/lower R32 Fuel Tank

[ZENNON]

Hey guys,

There are 2 rubber fuel lines going to and from the tank on my gtst. they are very old and brittle and need replacing NOW.

(one started leaking - thats how i noticed)

getting to the front of the pipes (where they go from rubber to matal) is easy as this is infront of the tank.

hard part is the back as the pipes dissapear in above the tank.

so.. has anyone ever dropped a tank down? it is just a matter of removing the filler pipe

and then lowering the tank down onto stands by undoing the 'straps' that hold it?

any advice appreciated

*sigh wish i posted this earlier*

Kind regards,

Zennon

[ZENNON]

nevermind - got it

didn't have to remove/undo filler pipe

it jsut drops down with tank (just took out one bolt which was like an earth or something)

will posts pics later for if anyone else has to do this in the future

[ZENNON]

ok so here is how the events transpired yesterday.

step one - reverse sexy skyline onto car ramps

then thought i would have to remove the filler pipe from the tank here

then realised thats crazy talk - all id have to do is remove this bolt where the filler pipe bolts to the car

like so

and rubber around filler hole just pushes out like so

then undid the two straps holding tank like so

then noticed wire going into boot pulling tight so thought i better open boot

so yeah opened boot - plug is under that silver cover

(also note here the little panel i could probably have done this job through if only i opened the boot BEFORE dropping the tank!)

here we can see the wire going into the boot (vertical wire) and then the two pipes im replacing

one fuel line going to engine and the other the return i assume

(or maybe that third pipe i didn't touch is the return - ah who cares anyway)

this is one of the old pipes

and here it is with my fancy new ones

old ones were 8mm but replaced it with 7.5mm since thats the closest thing superfags had

[shogun]

hey mate im reading your tutorial (which is great btw) but i cant workout how you can get to fuel lines without lowering the tank coz as far as i can see the lines run along the top of the tank, between the tank and the car(underside of the boot floor). i may be wrong about this as i haven't has TOO good a look yet. My 32 gtst was leaking fuel the other day after running for awhile. It leaked overnight and has now stopped. So I'm not sure if it's a busted seal or busted hoses (the car hadn't been started in 2 years due to defect) the car is actually running pretty good right now but im worried about this leak. The thing is- I ran the car for 15 mins today and it didn't leak a drop so I can't even see where it's leaking from and am confused. Sorry for the gigantic post. Hopefully anyone else reading this can offer some helpful insight.

Cheers in advance!

[shogun]

also is it safe to just undo and remove the fuel lines? what about air the lines? or does that get sorted when the fuel pump primes up again?

[040122]

Hey this a pretty old thread but did anyone lose power from this leak because I have the same leak but I seem to lose power when I start to accelerate (fuel surge)

[040122]

Well in any case I found my leak and fixed It today (loose hose clamp) and felt a lot more power, I may have only felt full boost for the first time today

[jarvo32]

I strongly recommend not removing filler necks at all unless 100 percent nessesary, the o rings expand with fuel fumes hitting them if your lucky you can reuse them but the best thing to do is keep neck on and remove the pump than the line next to pump, I just lowered with jack, when raising have someone to make sure filler neck is in right position or It can get messy lol trust me from experience. Of you do remove filler mark location cause there is 6 different areas it can go back into