Gas Leak in Filler Tube
I'm once again going to tap into the great minds on this site.
Over the weekend I filled the "Toy" tank on my WW. As I was filling the tank, I noticed that there was a leak in the fill neck. Gas was not dripping out, but there was a stead stream. Unfortunately I wasn't in the position to do anything about it at the time, so it just leaked. Yes I feel bad about the impact I had on the environment, but even worse about the $15-20 in gas I just lost.
I know I need to replace the fill neck, which looks to be about a 2" rubber tube. Luckily, it looks like the remaining fuel is below the leak level, so no more fuel is leaking. However now I have 2 questions.
1) We leave for a week long trip on Thursday. Is there a type of tape I can wrap the filler neck with to prevent further leaks until I have time to replace the tube? Would regular duct tape work or is there a special tape?
2) When I do replace, the tube goes through the floor of the trailer and then is connected to the tank using a hose clamp, there is about 2 1/2' exposed below the trailer. Rather than remove the entire hose and have to get into the flooring on the trailer, could I cut the tube and splice it below the floor, or am I better off to replace the entire thing, and go up into the trailer floor? Also, the current tube is somewhat rigid, not as plyable as standard rubber tubbing, is there a specialty tubing I need to get?
I'm relatively handy when it comes to these things, but I often don't want to pull things apart unless I have to. So if I can just replace the section of hose that has the leak, I think it would be much easier and less intrusive to the trailer, which could cause additional problems?
Any thoughts, suggestions, ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Over the weekend I filled the "Toy" tank on my WW. As I was filling the tank, I noticed that there was a leak in the fill neck. Gas was not dripping out, but there was a stead stream. Unfortunately I wasn't in the position to do anything about it at the time, so it just leaked. Yes I feel bad about the impact I had on the environment, but even worse about the $15-20 in gas I just lost.
I know I need to replace the fill neck, which looks to be about a 2" rubber tube. Luckily, it looks like the remaining fuel is below the leak level, so no more fuel is leaking. However now I have 2 questions.
1) We leave for a week long trip on Thursday. Is there a type of tape I can wrap the filler neck with to prevent further leaks until I have time to replace the tube? Would regular duct tape work or is there a special tape?
2) When I do replace, the tube goes through the floor of the trailer and then is connected to the tank using a hose clamp, there is about 2 1/2' exposed below the trailer. Rather than remove the entire hose and have to get into the flooring on the trailer, could I cut the tube and splice it below the floor, or am I better off to replace the entire thing, and go up into the trailer floor? Also, the current tube is somewhat rigid, not as plyable as standard rubber tubbing, is there a specialty tubing I need to get?
I'm relatively handy when it comes to these things, but I often don't want to pull things apart unless I have to. So if I can just replace the section of hose that has the leak, I think it would be much easier and less intrusive to the trailer, which could cause additional problems?
Any thoughts, suggestions, ideas would be greatly appreciated.
