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96 850 fuel leak with full tank

Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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Chuck W
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Re: 96 850 fuel leak with full tank

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scot850 wrote: 07 Jun 2023, 20:50 I stuffed my camera up there but not far enough. I may have to take the cover off and have a look with the camera from above.

Thanks Chuck!

Neil.
On hers, I was originally thinking the "S" hose, so I had one on-hand, but when looking through the access panel in the trunk, the fuel staining didn't point to it as the culprit. There was a mouse nest on top of the tank,
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'97 854 T5 - Manual Swap/M4.4/COP/NA cams/P2R Brakes/16T/ chassis bracing/ XC70 nose swap
'97 855 GLT - Hers. RN swap/16T/COP/VVT/exhaust/302s/Flashed M4.4/ chassis bracing/ 2 kid seats
'78 GLE - Waiting in the wings. Future whiteblock/T5 swap.

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