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Hammer Time
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Jan 9, 2016, 5:34 AM
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Re: Crown Vic police interceptor gas leak
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Yes, that's true.
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stormageddon
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Jan 17, 2016, 12:22 PM
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Ok guys I've been having problems with my pc so I haven't been able to post, but I'll try to recap what I did.
So this was what I had to work with/on.
  
After doing a lot of looking and talking to people, I found out that some npt fittings might work in there. So off to the hardware store I went, to the plumbing section no less, and found these.
  
At a grand total of just over $12 I figured why not. Worst thing is I would still need to drop the tank, which is where I was to begin with.
I got it all installed without too much effort. I was kind of worried about the torque to put on them but I was just winging it.
Once I felt it was good and tight I put some fresh cardboard under it and let it sit.... a few hours later and no sign of leaking I added a couple of gallons of petrol to it, more waiting ....
 
Two days later and still no leak. hahzaah!! Now a surprising side effect was the "mass air flow leak" code on the cpu has cleared out now too. Double hahzaah!!
So all and all $12+, countless hours spent online, two trips to the hardware store, and about 10 min's of work and I seem to have gotten it under control.
Still never figured out what it's purpose was though, I'll probably never know but I'll take what I can get and call it a win.
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Hammer Time
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Jan 17, 2016, 12:27 PM
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You need to make your pictures smaller. They make the thread too hard to read.
On the repair, I don't know why you didn't just use a pipe plug so that wouldn't be hanging so low and risk hitting it with something.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Jan 17, 2016, 2:25 PM
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Ditto - plain pipe plug same threads as the union would be shorter and not bust off totally if your area has above ground drainage (been around) notice the roads dip quite a bit and that will hit first like some trailer hitches would.
It would usually be a square plug - simple as that.
If you did feel you need to change it just don't let the Teflon tape shards get into fuel. Strainer should catch them but if that crap gets in the wrong places nothing but nothing dissolves it. It will pull (the shreds/shards) out with like dental pics if you so much as remove that now,
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