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Picked up an E21 320/6 from here the other week, love it BTW.
Anyway, thought I'd take it for an MOT and see what it needed, but got as far as putting petrol in and it wee'd it all over the floor, no MOT for me!
The car is not at mine at the mo so it might make me a couple of weeks to 100% diagnose that the RH (drivers side) tank is leaking but from a 10 second look underneath TBH it's not very pretty anyway, the rate it was flowing out suggests its something fairly major.
If anyone has one let me know or give me a call on 07734 704125.
Thanks,
Rob
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'71 MGB GT
'72 Datsun 240 shed
'72 Mercedes 240D
'79 Firebird
'86 Austin Maestro Van
'91 Mercedes 250D
'91 BMW e34 535i Sport
'92 Mazda MX-5
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millar
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rob0r on here might be able to help you lad.
sorry to hear about this by the way, it once did a little tinkle on my drive when i was filling it up (about a month before you got it), and I contacted rob0r about replacing it, but by the time i went back to it the fuel was all still there and there were no damp patches anywhere, so i just presumed i'd spilt some (a regular occurance when you shake as much as i do) and I never had to fill it up again until you took it away. as i said, it had mot and i drove it about before i stored it, it was dry stored and it was given a thorough wash before it went away. I can only presume i'm so cheap that i never really filled it up enough to reach the leak.
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Meh, no worries dude, no need for you to feel bad, it's not like I got it home and it suddenly went all blues brothers on me and collapsed in a heap!
I did have a little chat with Rob0r but he's a bit busy at the mo so I thought I'd throw a wanted ad out to see if anyone has a tank. The seam on the edge of the RH tank is a bit crusty too but I don't think that's where it's leaking.
When I've cleared the 535 from my drive I'll get this home, drop the tanks and assess the damage.
At the end of the day, fuel leak or not, it's still an e21 and it's still awesome.
Rob
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'55 Austin A30
'71 MGB GT
'72 Datsun 240 shed
'72 Mercedes 240D
'79 Firebird
'86 Austin Maestro Van
'91 Mercedes 250D
'91 BMW e34 535i Sport
'92 Mazda MX-5
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millar
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well hopefully its just the one side, to do that hole in the boot you'd need to drop it out anyway, so it could be worse. Still annoying though
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rob0r
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BMW e21 fuel tank (RHS)rob0r
@rob0r
Club Retro Rides Member 104
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Yeah, sorry, life is crazy right now. I maybe able to source one over Xmas but even then I can't guarentee. If you can wait then I'll source it asap, but I wouldn't rely on me right now!
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E30 320i 3.5 - E23 730 - E3 3.0si - E21 316 M42 - E32 750i
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Well I need to get my  in gear and determine that the tank is 100% to blame anyway, I'll try to do it at the weekend. Lets keep in touch. Rob |
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'71 MGB GT
'72 Datsun 240 shed
'72 Mercedes 240D
'79 Firebird
'86 Austin Maestro Van
'91 Mercedes 250D
'91 BMW e34 535i Sport
'92 Mazda MX-5
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