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Cougargm
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Dec 09, 2019

The case of the disappearing gas leak

This story is a bit of a mystery. We were winterizing our 2005 Jayco Granite Ridge when I noticed a small puddle underneath the middle of the RV on the driver's side. There were two small drips coming from a bracket that were leaking gas. I can't tell what's above the brackets. I put a bucket underneath to catch the gas and had between pint and a quart the next morning. So I took it that morning to the garage and just like that- it stopped leaking. THe mechanics parked it on hills, drove it, ran the generator- and no leak. They put more gas in it, until the tank was full- and still no leak.
It seems weird that a leak would stop on its own, and the garage recreated various possible scenarios that might cause it to leak. Any ideas or suggestions? Has anyone else ever had a similar experience?
  • I wondered about that, Carringb, but I filled the tank the end of Sept. and it was leaking in early November. And I lost a lot of gas; wouldn't that have only burned a gallon or two?
  • Did you recently tip off the tank? Due to the intermittent nature, I'd suspect the tank got over-filed and some liquid got sucked into the evap system, which has a vacuum line returning to the motor to burn the vapors. This system is not tightly sealed.
  • When I had gas smell in Audi the mechanic used a device which pumped something that looked like smoke into the fuel system - using that device the leak was easy to find/identify.