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6.1.8. Service of the fuel tank

The procedures described below are applicable to models with a body the Versatile person and Hardtop. For other types of bodies works are performed similarly with necessary amendments on design features of a body.

Removal and installation

Removal

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

  1. Disconnect a negative wire from the battery.
  2. In the luggage compartment give fixing screws and remove fastened hooks.
  3. Give fixing screws and remove finishing of fastening of a rug from back door shutters.
  4. Put a rug forward and give screws of fastening of a cover of access. Uncover.
  5. Disconnect also to a zakuporta fuel hoses. Disunite the electric socket.

Fuel consumption sensor block, and on models of 3.0 l also a gasoline pump, can be taken from the fuel tank for performance of necessary repair after fixture otdavaniye now. The sensor of fuel consumption of models of 4.2 l taken from a gasoline tank is shown on an accompanying illustration.

  1. Car back also establish to Poddomkratta it on props.
  1. Carefully turn out a drain stopper of a gasoline tank (see an accompanying illustration) and merge fuel in a pure canister. Screw a stopper into place and strongly tighten it.
  1. Working through an aperture of an arch of the right back wheel, give bolts of fastening of the filter of a jellied mouth to the tank case, remove the screen.
  2. Weaken collars of fastening of a jellied mouth and a tube of withdrawal of fuel evaporations (the corresponding components of a tank of models of 4.2 l are shown on an accompanying illustration).
1 — a jellied mouth
2 — fuel consumption sensor
3 — a tube of withdrawal of evaporations
4 — the control valve
  1. Give fixing bolts and lower the gasoline tank filter down.
  2. Give bolts of fastening of a tank to the chassis and carefully take a tank from under the car. Before extraction of a tank once again make sure that the jellied mouth and a tube of withdrawal of fuel evaporations are disconnected.

Installation

Installation is made upside-down.

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

  1. Track that all hoses were in good repair and are connected correctly to the unions.
  2. At installation of a tank track correctness of connection of tubes of a jellied mouth to it and withdrawal of fuel evaporations.
  3. Fill in pure fuel in a tank and check it for leaks.