Well you might just have a leak from the fuel pump or sender cover seal(s) (or one of the hoses), both of which are accessible from inside the car without dropping the tank. I'd take a look there first. Here's how to get to them (but your mechanic should already know that, did you take it to a Volv...

Update: I took it into the shop but its probably not good. They found fuel on the outside of the tank but they don't know where its coming from or what's causing it. I looked at the car while it was on the lift and saw the fuel myself. It's not a lot, but it's there. Being that the system is sealed,...

I tried to crawl under there and look but I can't really see much, unfortunately. It is definiately *not* leaking when its shut off so it likely is the line or (hopefully not) the pump itself. If this is a relatively inexpensive fix, what would be the ballpark on the repair? I'm a full time student ...

Mileage: 110,000 So about six months ago, the fuel gauge stopped working. It was annoying but I reasoned at that time that I didn't drive enough to have the tank dropped to investigate. Plus, I'm a full time student and I don't have that kind of money so, all things considered, I just was careful ab...