FUNNY-someone better get a laugh outta this&does anyone got a funnier story? Top this
Ok so I had ran over a lil median curb type thing after pulling out of a parking spot & turning to leave a store, I didn't realize they had a stupid concrete thing there running almost the length of the car, probably to keep other vehicles from running into that parking spot since it was the closest to the entrance/exit from busy main street. Thought to self, hope I didn't damage anything under the car since I removed aerodynamics month prior. Several weeks later car started leaking underneath the gas tank onto the ground. It was nasty dirty fluid. I thought the tank was leaking because ironically there was a dent in that exact spot probably from that incident of completely going over the concrete parking divider thingy. Anyways,, removed tank, rinsed it once, didn't seem very dirty though, let it stand against the wall all week just to be sure no water left. I have several vehicles so no problem with being stuck. Anyhow, went to the dealership that week & got an $11 O-Ring, gasket, whatever u wanna call it, since the one that was on there was jagged & coming apart slightly so why not do it right. Didn't replace the strainer on the fuel unit since that woulda taken several days to get to the dealership & I didn't go til the day I was ready to put tank back in. Now got everything in smooth, put in some gas with my friend & she wanted to go cruising in it since she loves my other toronado so much & I can trust her, shes like me. I went to get the car with my spare keys from her house days later cuz she wasn't joyriding anymore. Gas tank was reading all the way full, thought to self, wow she's so courteous, clean & full, that's how I do it if I use someone's vehicle. Then I gave it to a family member to drive. Later I get a call she was stuck at work, car won't go & kept stalling out. So I go get it & now since it's home I've had only the code E022 (ohmmeter reads perfect as it should on the wires going to the tps fyi) so last night I stop by my friends that filled the tank & thanked her for that. She's like I only put in $15. HUH, the gas gauge still says full. So it was driven over 20 miles at least, probably double, and so I go get 2gallons of gas & start it but it wouldn't start without the starting fluid, this was yesterday, so I moved it from where I towed it & parked it next2my house, to put it in the garage, stalled out & almost ran into neighbors trash cans in 117 degree heat, hood up, sweating, grabbed starting fuid, sprayed again & started it to pull into garage, had2stop part way in2jump out&move tools but could tell it wasn't gonna stay running without my foot on the gas, so I grabbed a metal bar & quickly wedged it between the seat & the gas pedal (yes I had a metal bar in arms reach, don't u?) so finally got it in & shut it off after being parked in the optimum fixing spot. Tried to restart just to see how it would act & of course it didn't start. Now I didn't bother with the starting fluid again since I was satisfied with the fact that it started & drove into the garage which was more then what it did when it was unknowingly outta gas. But wait, I didn't even mention the funny part yet, so now that u have heard all that, the funny thing is that the TANK WAS NEVER LEAKING IN THE 1ST PLACE, A JUG OF OIL THAT WAS IN THE TRUNK2TAKE SUMWHERE FOR DISPOSAL LEAKING HALF A GALLON A WEEK PRIOR TO THE LEAK UNDER THE GAS TANK, SO THE WHOLE TIME THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS A DUMB CAP LEAKING ALL OVER THE SPARE TIRE AREA! u know what they say, everything happens for a reason, so stay tuned cuz as soon as I find out the reason, i'll keep you posted, better yet, if anyone else has some feedback on possible reasons that fate does these weird "series of unfortunate events" to me, please enlighten me. HAHA at least i'm learning sum stuff along the way being a single mom with a vehicle loving hot foot!
