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Gas Leak?! What?!?
Recent events in the past week...(Keep in mind I just replaced the mass air flow sensor about a month ago.)
- I had a flat in the rear left tire...Ended up having to put a spare on b/c the Slime I used settled in the valve and can't fill the tire with air. Not that horrible of a problem. Next... - I hear horrible scraping metal sounds, almost like grinding coming from the rear right area of my car when I use the brakes. Okay, fine, I figure maybe I need new ones. My b/f takes it to his work (Pep Boys) to have it looked at today. - I'm taking finals and he leaves me a voicemail saying, "They can't even look at your brakes because you have a gas leak. They won't even go near it b/c one spark will cause fire." OOOOOOOOOOohhhhhhhhhh. They also told him all I needed was for someone to throw a cigarette out of their car window and BOOM! No more Stacey. Good thing I don't smoke either, because they said the fumes going around and in the car could have made it explode. I smelled gas before, but just figured it was someone else's car. - So, they tell him they need to attack the gas hose by taking the backseat out...They change their mind and say they're not going to mess around with the SVX; they hate it. They want to now charge me labor for the hour they "looked" at it...$60. He was arguing saying that he didn't tell them to diagnose anything because we knew something was wrong and that he only told them to fix it. They are at a standstill. - He can't drive it, he suggested taking it to a dealer and having it repaired. That's mucho expensive and not to mention far. I called a Subaru place and they told me I better not drive it and when I do have it serviced, to have it towed to whereever I go. I don't even want him driving it back home. What can I do? Does anyone here know anyone that can help me? It sucks also because I only have $100 to my name. Thanks to anyone that reads this and/or has any advice. |
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Take it to another place and don't pay the first a dime unless you signed a repair order of some kind. Besides, what are they charging you for if they wouldn't even look at it in the first place? No offense to your boyfriend, but I wouldn't advise anybody to take their car to a place like Pep Boys for more than a battery or new wiper blades. Thinking about it a little more, I'm going to go out on a limb and say their pronouncement of the car as ready to burst into flames at any second is probably an overreaction. By all means, get it looked at right away. But unless the fumes are strong, then go get your car and drive it to another mechanic. As for your brakes, it sounds to me like your caliper is probably seizing. It shouldn't take more than a half-hour of labor to clear that up - a little more if they have to replace the pads. Did Pep Boys do your last brake job, too?
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I forgot to say that they said it's in the flex hose near the wheel well and that it's rubbing against another hose...I don't know if that helps, but that's all they told him.
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No, I didn't get the brakes done there. Actually, I've never had them done since I got the car in April. I wouldn't take it there, either. |
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It just depends on the location. But I do know that a lot of these chains have a policy to get any car which smells like gas out of their sight immediately, without finding the problem. If it were my shop, I would just make sure there was a policy to treat the car a little differently and make sure to be safe around the thing. I wouldn't boot it out the door. But then I've never run a shop, so I don't really know what I'm talking about.
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Geez! I'm guessing they don't replace leaking gas tanks at Pepboyz? If we did that at my shop we would never be able to bring a ford p.u. into the shop
If the leaks in the wheel well it's might be the gas filler tube or vent hose. Does your car have an unusual amount of under body rust? I'v had to replace the filler tube on my 90 wagon and on a customers 97 Legacy! They ussually rot out right where the tab that hold the plastic cover is. On a Legacy it's a halfhour job at the most to replace. I haven't really looked at one on an SVX but it should be similer. Take a look at it to see if that s where the fuel is comming from.
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92 SVX #772 140k 6speed, ECU Tune stage II, Koni/Ground control, 3,270lbs. 91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch. 78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered) 90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car) To many cars to spend time on teh web! |
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The hole is in a flex hose that apparently was rubbing against another hose. The hole is internal; we're really confused about how it happened. I don't think this is something normal.
The PepBoys he works at has the worst mechanics. Some of them don't even have certification. The master tech is the one who looked at my car and even went as far as to take the back seat out to check, but they said they "didn't feel comfortable". I tried to have it towed from there, but towing places won't take it if it's leaking gas. I was told I had to call the fire department first so they could inspect it and if necessary, drain it because it's a fire hazard. I put some more gas in it and followed my boyfriend as he drove it to the Subaru dealer 40 minutes away. Can't wait to see how much this is going to cost...Especially without me having any money. |
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Is the hose in the wheel well or inside the car? I'm just curious now and it might be something nice for others to know just incase, might be able to stop it before others start leaking.
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92 SVX #772 140k 6speed, ECU Tune stage II, Koni/Ground control, 3,270lbs. 91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch. 78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered) 90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car) To many cars to spend time on teh web! |
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I asked my boyfriend and he said he thinks it's inside the wheel well. They had to take the backseats out to get to it, but then decided they didn't want to touch it.
I guess no one here has ever experienced this; it doesn't seem like it's something normal. It's in the hands of Subaru now... |
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Gas leak
I know you were dealing with this problem a while back but, did you find out what was causing the leak? or where it was coming from? how did you fix it? I'm having the exact same problem, my SVX smells all the time, i can tell where i'm parked at the mall by just following the gas smell!! i hope you found a cure to this problem. thanks
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Dude, I wouldn't be driving that car anywhere. And I'd park it outside.
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