Saturday Night Racer - Fule Cell ?

ministocker56 LMR God Offline Dirt Late Models Rule! Posts: 1478	Fule Cell ? 10/03/10 at 10:08pm Ok i need to find out humm , Well my fule cell was ok & we took the race truck & painted it in a both with control temp control & after i painted i turned the both to bake for about 45 minutes & when we came back we smelt fule & when i look i notice the fule cell was leaking , So my ? is is this a bad thing or & is the fule cell still ok or not any good now or
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Andrew LMR God Offline 2006 SMS M.S. champion... more of a PB these days Posts: 1359 Camarillo	Re: Fule Cell ? Reply #1 - 10/03/10 at 10:24pm It's probably ok Greg. The heat may have caused pressure in the cell and pushed the fuel out. Pull the cap and stick your hand inside and feel around. If it's not mis-shapened inside, it's probably ok. Just see if it leaks again.
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ministocker56 LMR God Offline Dirt Late Models Rule! Posts: 1478	Re: Fule Cell ? Reply #2 - 10/03/10 at 10:32pm Thank's Andrew but kinda hard to put my hand inside it , It's got a flapper valve in it , But can i take that valve out & look or
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TIM_BEWLEY LMR God Offline road zombie Posts: 1629	Re: Fule Cell ? Reply #3 - 10/04/10 at 5:32pm ministocker56 wrote on 10/03/10 at 10:32pm: But can i take that valve out & look or or take the cell completly out and inspect it.
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Re: Fule Cell ?
Reply #4 - 10/04/10 at 5:50pm

Andrew wrote on 10/03/10 at 10:24pm:

It's probably ok Greg. The heat may have caused pressure in the cell and pushed the fuel out. Pull the cap and stick your hand inside and feel around. If it's not mis-shapened inside, it's probably ok. Just see if it leaks again.

I don't see how this could happen. Fuel cells have vents and the fuel level would have to be "full-full-full", I mean like covering the vent to be able to push any fuel out due to expansion. I'd say you have a leak, and recommend you check it out thouroghly .................(unless the cell was actually that full)

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ministocker56 LMR God Offline Dirt Late Models Rule! Posts: 1478	Re: Fule Cell ? Reply #5 - 10/04/10 at 6:14pm I plan on pulling it back out & inspecing it , Actuly it's only got 4 gallon's in it & it's a 12 gallon fule cell , I called JAZZ to see what they thought & they said it probly come out the vent to check the gasket's on the fule line coming out & check the vent that everything should be fine
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Andrew LMR God Offline 2006 SMS M.S. champion... more of a PB these days Posts: 1359 Camarillo	Re: Fule Cell ? Reply #6 - 10/04/10 at 6:23pm OLD SCHOOL#6 wrote on 10/04/10 at 5:50pm: Fuel cells have vents This is a good point, but the vent could've been plugged too. This truck has been under construction for a long time. I'd check the vent too Greg.
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