Patch Me and Feed Me !

Decided to work on the Alpine first thing. Started by pumping out some fuel - well only about 5 litres. After that it would not pick any up ?

Odd - so I pushed the pipe in all the way and then still nothing pumping out. I thought I'd got the pipe stuck in the tank too as it would not come out ! Eventually with a bit of jiggling it did though - thank goodness.

I jacked the car up at the back and started to work on the split. I did wonder if the angle of the car would just make the petrol flow forward though ? Anyway - I cleaned the mastic off the tank, wire brushed and sanded it too. This was the 'weep' once I'd stripped it back. It looked suspiciously like it had had the same process applied before ...

I made up the metal/putty/filler and pushed it on the patch as much as I could and left it to cure.

Next I re-routed the fuel pipe. I'm not sure when it was routed that way now but strapping it to the hot water pipe was probably not my best idea. However I lagged a new length of pipe and routed it on the lower crossmember so it's in the cool airflow. I also added more insulation under the other weber.

Here is the non return valve - now under the car.

After packing up I had a call to help in Stutton so baby sitting was next. SAAB out there and that was the day gone.

However even though I only got home about 7 pm I decided to take the Alpine for a short test run. Well the weather was not as hot as the other day but I think the re-routing has made a difference. Much smoother all the way around the block this time. 

The wheel wobble is still there but that's another task.

Oh and no sign of a drip when I got home. We'll fill the tank again and see ...