Hi All:

I have small fuel line leak in my 1998 Honda Civic EX. You can smell
the gas only when the car has been driven. (Sometimes it is not driven
for a week at a time). Looking from the drivers side of the car the
the leak is located about the rear of the passenger door, and about
1.5 feet to 2 feet under the car.

Is this something that can be fixed by a do it yourself person with
little or no experience, or does it require a mechanic.

 

jkinca...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> I have small fuel line leak in my 1998 Honda Civic EX. You can smell
> the gas only when the car has been driven. (Sometimes it is not driven
> for a week at a time). Looking from the drivers side of the car the
> the leak is located about the rear of the passenger door, and about
> 1.5 feet to 2 feet under the car.
>
> Is this something that can be fixed by a do it yourself person with
> little or no experience, or does it require a mechanic.


Well it depends. Do you got tools, a jack, and some jackstands? If so
you probably do it ur self. It's probaly leakin from a old broke
rubber hose, or possibly jus a broke plastic line connector piece. But
to find your problem ur gonna have to jack your car up fairly high ,
so you can lower your tank to find the problem. But there's a decent
amount of work to get to the tank lowering part. Your gonna have to
remove splash guards and they can be a pain at times. Removing the
rear tires makes the job easier. Hit up my website download yourself a
free manufacturers owner manual that will help you step by step,
pictures and all.

http://joezlife.googlepages.com/backwoodztuner

 

Backwoodz Tuner wrote:
>
> jkinca...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi All:
>>
>> I have small fuel line leak in my 1998 Honda Civic EX. You can smell
>> the gas only when the car has been driven. (Sometimes it is not driven
>> for a week at a time). Looking from the drivers side of the car the
>> the leak is located about the rear of the passenger door, and about
>> 1.5 feet to 2 feet under the car.
>>
>> Is this something that can be fixed by a do it yourself person with
>> little or no experience, or does it require a mechanic.
>
>
> Well it depends. Do you got tools, a jack, and some jackstands? If so
> you probably do it ur self. It's probaly leakin from a old broke
> rubber hose, or possibly jus a broke plastic line connector piece. But
> to find your problem ur gonna have to jack your car up fairly high ,
> so you can lower your tank to find the problem. But there's a decent
> amount of work to get to the tank lowering part. Your gonna have to
> remove splash guards and they can be a pain at times. Removing the
> rear tires makes the job easier. Hit up my website download yourself a
> free manufacturers owner manual that will help you step by step,
> pictures and all.

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no dude, the line's routed internally, not externally - you won't see
anything from underneath. and there are no plastic line connectors.