My 2004 RX gas tank is leaking from the bottom. It is ok when the gas level is low. Today, I refill the gas and it starts to leak everywhere. The merchandise have to call the fire agency. Does anyone have this situation before?

 

this is easy

1. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES

2. buy a new gas tank

3. install new gas tank

 

Well this is a new one. Go ahead and lift the left rear seat bottom up. It just clips in. So give it a good jerk upward from the front edge.
Now you'll see a silver panel held on with Phillips head screws. Remove that panel. Now you will be looking at the top of the fuel pump housing and fuel lines.
Make sure it's not leaking in this area first.
Report back.

 

Does anyone have idea how much the gas tank is?

 

follow easy's idea first, it's free and fast

ignore Monchie's advice, we all do

try Mazmart or your local dealer for a price

 

I deleted Monchie's post as it was misleading.
Easy posted the response I was thinking of when I read your post. There is a less likely source under the other seat which contains the siphon assembly.

 

Call the Mazda dealership and they might give you an estimate on how much it cost. If you want second hand, try the automobile salvage yards and you might find one that is still in good condition. Good luck.

I was just giving my opinion. You don't have to tell me on what to do. It's the op's decision to ask me an explanation about my quote. I'm not asking the op to do it, my deleted post was a question, not something direct


It was a question if you recalled, not a direct one. I was just saying if you could weld the hole. Probably, someone did it before and it works...that's all

 

The gas tank is plastic. How do you weld that?

 

Yea, I think Easy got it,

some one probably replaced the fuel pump but they failed to "secured" it. or they re-use old seals.

or the seal just go bad.

Anyway, it's not so hard to find the source of leak. any shop should be able to do it within minutes.

monchie ... yea I want to know how do you weld plastic ...

 

Even if the tank was metal, welding a fuel tank is not something that's undertaken lightly.

I've had a couple of leaky gas tanks over the years. Unless you're comfortable working on this kind of thing, take it to a dealer. If you have a garage at home, don't park inside the garage until it's fixed.

Did the fire department really let you just drive off after they cleaned up the spilled gas?

Ken

 

haha

new sig

 

I let a car service to help me check this problem. And they told me it is cause by some cap connecting the fuel pump and gas tank. They charged 363 USD including labor. Well, it's pretty expensive but is much cheaper to replace a new gas tank.

 

I'm confused.
Or my glasses are dirty.

 

I think he said, you were right. It just took a few more scrambled words.

 

Hmm weld gas tank hole is that like cutting springs? can I use the same torch?

 

 

With a plastic welder? Still not the greatest idea, and if I had a hole in the tank I would get a new one.

 

Back in the late 60s the tank in my '53 Chevy developed a small leak. I plugged it with a sheet metal screw and some of that putty stuff that's meant to stick posters to walls. Worked pretty well, got me through the winter. When spring came and it was warm enough to crawl around a junkyard I got another tank.

Ken

 

I thought it was metal at first...ooops, i did it again

 

Well, i was just sayin'...

 

Yeah, I know. I should have welded some plastic into the hole...

Ken

 

Welding Plastic

 

the type of plastic it is made from is easily welded using ...
















wait for it ...


































a plastic welding kit, congratulations

use Google and all will be revealed, but yeah most of us know to just check the fuel pump and siphon bungs first ......



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Wait for it,,,,,,,




















Look up^

 

I knew i was right. You could actually weld a plastic. But, i was wrong about the metal gas tank...