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Fuel smell after fill up - leaking sending unit?

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Old Apr 18, 2016 | 03:11 PM
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Fuel smell after fill up - leaking sending unit?

Ever since I got my car I noticed if you fill it up it would smell heavily of raw fuel until the level in the tank dropped a bit. After searching a while I decided to take the inspection cover off the sending unit under the rear seat. The top of the pump was wet and smelled exactly like my garage does after I park it with a full tank. Do the lines leak or does it look like I need a new seal for the sending unit?
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Old Apr 18, 2016 | 08:22 PM
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the bottom hose in the pic is leaking for sure looks like someone has modded your pump assembly may be leaking from that nonstock brass fitting too.
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Old Apr 20, 2016 | 07:03 PM
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That brass fitting isn't factory? Well that could be my problem then. The previous owner put a Wally 255 in, and one of the bolts broke for the sending unit ring, so I may end up replacing the whole tank and put in a new sending unit.
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Old Apr 20, 2016 | 09:20 PM
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There should be a rubber gasket between the plastic lip of the fuel basket and the tank. Is that still in tact?

post below has some pics of the stock unit for comparison.
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sa...rely-used.html
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Old Apr 23, 2016 | 05:25 AM
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Wow.... Looks like the original return port broke off and he glued a brass fitting in there. So at some point I'll need a whole new sending unit
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