So I goto the gas station tonight to fill up and before I know it, there is a HUGE puddle of fuel under the car. At first I was thinking maybe the over flow some how didnt work, who knows. SO I took it to the car wash, sprayed under the car to wash the fuel away and continued to drive down the road. No more then a mile go past and I smell fuel real bad, so I pulled over at a gas station. I see a small drip, not a constant drip, just a spot.

So I take it for a cruise around the parking lot to see if I see anything odd. I make a sharp right, look in the rear view, nothing. I take a sharp left and holy **** it looked my stang pissed all over the place. Now I start to say WTF?!?. I continue on home a mile away and make some more sharp turns. Nothing right, ****'s on left, so I know there has to be something disconnected, but what could it be?

It was late, I couldnt find my shop light too see whats up, so that is why I posted here. Let me give you some back ground on the car. About 4 days ago, I brought it in cause the fuel guage no longer works. They thought it was the fuel sending unit, so they replaced it and that still didnt fix it. So they have a order a new dash cluster.

What is involved with replacing the fuel sender unit? What side of the car is it on? Would they disconnect anything on the right side of the car? That is where the fuel is leak and only when I turn left (hence fuel sloshes to right). The leak is right before the right rear tire.

Any help would be greatly appreciate.

05 v6

 

Take it back and tell them to install the sender and/or linesproperly?

 

Yup! They screwed something up. While taking it back there, try not to explode!

 

Be sure to take your gas receipts to them as well and request reimbursement for the gas you've lost. It may not work but it's worth a shot! Hey, who wouldn't like $25 or $50 back for free?

 

I would have it flat bedded to the shop, unbeknownst to me when I bought mine the gas tank was not on securely and I found my car sitting in a puddle of gas, had to call the fire department to declare it safe to tow, and it was then flat bedded to the dealer.

 

Tow it back to the dealer or shop, that is dangerous

 

WOW!!!...thats a MAJOR MAJOR hazard! i hope that its just human error from the first time you took it in and not a factory f**k up! otherwise many more of us could be in danger[&:].

 

they remove the rear seat and both the pump and sender are removed thru removable plugs in the floor. so like others have said you could be sitting on a nice little bomb. if they didnot seat the gaskets properly they could be leaking and puddleing up under the car and over the tank.

check the pdf file below

http://www.2005stang.com/gallery/alb...uel%20tank.pdf

 

Time bomb.
No more left hand turns for you.
Take it back to the stealership
and keep an eye on them when
they go to see what it is.

 

Update! Got the car back, turns out they forgot to put on a seal!!! WTF?!?

Anyhow here is the newest ordeal. I let it sit for 4 hours after the shop, I goto start it, boom check engine light, wrench on and in limp mode. I am so pissed right now. I called the dealer and thier used car mechanic is off this weekend and they are sending a tow monday.

I know the wrench is related to the TPS and or Throttle body. How hard is it to replace the tps? Or the throttle body on a v6? I looked last night and seemed simple enough because there are no cables.