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10-08-2023, 07:09 PM | #1 |
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2002 Blaze Yellow 65k Bugeye Fuel Pump Failure & Fuel Smell
I bought this car new in 2001 and plan to keep it forever. It has around 65k miles on the original drivetrain. The fuel pump recently failed and after the repair I'm still smelling fuel. I'm stumped as to what could be causing it. Any advice or thoughts you have would be appreciate. I'm in CO so there's almost no rust. The car has always been garaged.
Sorry for the long post, but there's a lot of info: In 2008, I put in a Walrbro 255, pinks, VF39, STI TMIC/Ducting, etc. and had it tuned by the Harvey the @BoostCreep before he was pseudo-famous. The engine put down around 255HP at the wheels and is plenty fast enough for me. I drive it hard, but never beyond what I built it to do. She still pulls strong. Around a month ago, I started hearing a squealing coming from the Walbro 255 and I occasionally smelled raw fuel in the cabin or around the rear passenger wheel. I can't get my head around how a failing fuel pump would create a fuel smell, but I figured out start with the obvious. I replaced the Walbro 255 with a new one along with a fuel pump gasket, torqued the bolts to 3.5ft/lbs, and I'm still smelling fuel. With half a tank of fuel, after driving the car hard for 15 minutes, I can see a tiny amount of fuel seeping out of around the fuel pump cover at the 2 o-clock to the 4 o-clock positions. There's not enough fuel to create a drip, it's just making the area look wet. I double checked the torque on the bolts and they're still good. The area around the missing stud seems to have sealed fine. I'm also still smelling fuel around the rear passenger wheel but I've never actually seen any fuel or indications of fuel having been dripping/spraying out. Also, I don't see or smell anything around the vapor canister indicating anything wrong. No CEL, no codes. My planned next steps are to try and replace the gasket again with a locally sourced part instead of the one off Amazon. The one that's on there now showed up in a crappy envelope. Maybe it got creased? Any ideas on what else I should be doing? I'd really rather not take it to Subaru and have them put in a new fuel tank. Thanks - Timmay https://imgur.com/a/xHOEpSq
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Last edited by Timmay; 10-08-2023 at 08:17 PM. |
10-09-2023, 11:22 PM | #2 |
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Replace the gasket with another oem gasket. I’ve always cross pattern tightened those nuts. Make sure nothing looks deformed before installing the new gasket.
Let’s see a picture of the problem area. Sent from my iPhone using NASIOC |
10-10-2023, 01:53 AM | #3 |
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if you've owned since new, did you ever get the TSB for the fuel smell inside the cabin? figured i'd mention just in case this has never been done.
if you're seeing fuel seeping out from the gasket as mentioned, hopefully that's part of the issue and a new gasket does the job https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/sho....php?t=1893471 Last edited by anthonywrx; 10-10-2023 at 01:55 AM. Reason: typos |
10-10-2023, 06:00 AM | #4 | |
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https://imgur.com/a/xHOEpSq I need to find time this week to get up to the local dealership and pickup another gasket. I torqued everything in a star pattern, but the initial hand tightening was just going around the circle. Thanks for the help! |
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10-10-2023, 06:06 AM | #5 | |
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Either way, I'm pretty sure this smell is coming from the fuel tank access panel. If I end up having to take it in I'll ask about this either way. Thanks for the ideas. |
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10-10-2023, 09:01 PM | #6 | |
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10-11-2023, 10:50 AM | #7 |
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I'm headed up to Boulder this morning to pickup another gasket.
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