Fuel tank return repair VN V6 manual wagon

[WhiteWhale]

Some numpty has attempted to repair the fuel return line barb into the tank and it’s not working out.

The barb seems to slide in and out a couple of mms.

This combined with all the vapour hoses being either cracked or totally MIA might explain the crap mileage I get from the clunker. I do about 700km a week, all 80-100kmh stuff.

Is there anything out there that’ll seal it up until I can find another tank for it?

I’m going through forum posts to figure out how the 3 vapour hoses hook up on the 4 barbed joiner. I guess one leg if it goes to the barn on top of the fuel filler pipe.

 

[WhiteWhale]

This is a pic of it

 

[Hole Denn]

yeah petrol will sieve through and leak from using that putty ****, eventually going hard and cracking.

Best fix is solder, a radiator repair place can oxy weld some solder on for you like the do with the copper tanks.

 

[Hole Denn]

I’m going through forum posts to figure out how the 3 vapour hoses hook up on the 4 barbed joiner. I guess one leg if it goes to the barn on top of the fuel filler pipe.

don"t forget the return line to the canister/engine bay

 

[WhiteWhale]

don"t forget the return line to the canister/engine bay

Cheers, that’s also cracked and broken too, from the hard pipe to the filler pipe.

I’ve found a pic from a vg that looks the same as the wagon.

Just gotta buy a couple metres of hose and hook it all up.

Think I’ll leave the fuel return line alone. It’s not leaking that I can tell so I’ll leave that sort out later.

Gotta get the O2 sensor out and replaced which looks like a mongrel of a job for access.

 

[WhiteWhale]

yeah petrol will sieve through and leak from using that putty ****, eventually going hard and cracking.

Best fix is solder, a radiator repair place can oxy weld some solder on for you like the do with the copper tanks.

I’m guessing that’s a tank out job?

 

[Fu Manchu]

It’s repairable. I had the tank in my VP ute done. Pretty sure it was the local radiator shop that did it. Resoldered the barbs.