Well I thought I had fixed the fuel leak but I was wrong. The pipe I had fit is now not leaking anymore but yesterday I had the car all ready to go and disaster struck.

I was making a video the other week on the car and it ran out of fuel so I only put a fuel cans worth in. I then sorted the leaky pipe and thought nothing more of it.

As I was bringing the car home from storage for the weekend I nipped to the fuel station to fill up. The car has always been pretty hard to fill up never taking more than £10 without the nozzle clicking then you can probably stick another fiver in tops if you put the fuel in slow.

As I was stood in the queue a could see a puddle of fuel under the car. I drove straight back to work and asked the service manager if he could get it up on the ramps and get the lads to look at it.

An aftermarket breather has been fit above the fuel tank and the original has been by-passed. The head mechanic explained that he thinks when I am putting fuel in it can get in quick enough and the fuel is coming out of the breather as it is acting as a siphon.



He hooked the old breather back up and everything looks to be spot on. Then I remembered the previous owner had mentioned something about the old breather causing a vacuum and causing the fuel tank to IMPLOAD!!!

All though the car runs sweet now I do not want to risk the old breather being blocked and blowing myself up so I have managed to source one from Italy.

The fuel gauge is also not reading right so I have managed to get a new sender which I will fit when I do the breather.

The fan belt is also squealing like a pig so I have also got a new one of these.

Who says owning old cars is fun

I'm finding it pretty frustrating at the minute with the car being stored 50 miles away and only getting to work on it some Sunday mornings but I guess it is what it until I get my house finished and bring it home.