![]() ![]() Be careful when pushing it on as the elbows on the tank are plastic. Grab your new hose and slide it onto the connector on the tank first. Then go underneath and remove it from there. Just press both sides of the quick connect coupling in simultaneously and pull it off. I started with the outlet which is the bigger of the 2 and the one closest to the rear of the vehicle. Now you're ready to start removing and replacing the pipes. Once done, you'll see the top of the tank Once the nuts are removed, you then need to chip away all the sealant around the panel itself. So the first job is to chip it away by whatever means possible. The is a 10mm head nut in each corner of the panel under all that sealant. Pull the carpet back, and this is what you will see You only need to remove the rear most 2 to be able to pull the carpet back far enough to gain access, although I did end up removing 3 corners. Once the head of the rivet is drilled off, you will likely end up with the rest of the rivet sticking out the floor. There are 2 rivets in each corner that need to be drilled out So the first step is to remove the rear carpet. There is an access panel to the top of the fuel tank underneath the carpet in the boot. This job is to do away with those couplings and the plastic hoses. ![]() They have quick connect style couplings and have a tendency to leak air. A feed to the filter head in the engine bay, and a return from the engine back to the tank. ![]() There are 2 plastic pipes that come out of the top of the fuel tank. It got to the point where I had to bleed the system every single day just to get the thing to even start. I've been suffering with air in fuel for about 2 weeks now. ![]()
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