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My 3wheeler has been parked for a week and my garage constantly smells like gas.
I’ve put some UV dye into my gas tank and inspected all fuel lines around the fuel filter/pump/canister as well as fuel injectors - I cannot see a leak.
Do you guys have any ideas how to detect it?
Last edited by kankeL; 09/03/19 08:34 PM.
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Hi kankeL
I've had those symptoms which turned out to be a crack running through the weld on the tank front bracket.
The lower front of the tank was damp but could only be seen from underneath
A new tank is being fitted on Tuesday under warranty.
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Hi PaulR, thanks a lot for the tip! I have the same crack :-( passenger side tank. Hope Morgan can address it in a timely manner :-) 
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A new tank is being fitted on Tuesday under warranty.
Wow, that's taken some time, I thought it was going ot be done a while back. Hope to see you fully back on the road soon 
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I've never been off the road completely..I glued a patch over it...shouldn't really say that!
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I've never been off the road completely..I glued a patch over it...shouldn't really say that!
PaulR, what did you use to patch it? Did you do it from underneath the car?
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I used a patch of 16G alloy and araldite 2 part epoxy with plenty of overlap.
Because it was the tank with the fuel pump once that was removed I could see the crack on the inside through the pump hole so glued it internally, but don't see why it wouldn't work externally.
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Thanks!
Did you remove the tank from the car, or just the pump?
How hard is to remove the tank? I will contact Morgan here for a warranty claim, but I expect it will take a LONG time, so trying to see what my options are.
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I had a weld failure in my +8 - right in the middle of the weld and impossible to see.... but it let out a very fine mist of fuel. Had to replace the whole tank.
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