Fuel leak from hell

• Aug 1, 2011

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My truck now has a hellacious fuel leak. I have no idea why I now have a fuel leak. Anyone got any ideas? The whole left side of the engine is covered in fuel and smells so bad of gas its friggin unbearable. Any ideas what's up?!?!

 

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did you look under the hood while the truck is running?

 

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I looked. All I see is fuel spraying every damn where.

 

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If the leak is that bad, I wouldn't start the engine for fear of a fire. I presume the truck is still under warranty so have it towed to your dealer and let them handle it.

 

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I would guess either the fuel line has popped off the rail or a line has ruptured.

 

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Dude what do you do with your truck? Autocross it before hauling a 5000 lb load on a dirt bike track? I've never seen so many component fail so fast.

 

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BMRbrnSNRbrd said:

Dude what do you do with your truck? Autocross it before hauling a 5000 lb load on a dirt bike track? I've never seen so many component fail so fast.

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no ****!

Chris, fire it up and throw a match. Seriously. and don't call the next one "Christine", you freakin' asked for it!

 

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Yea JJ you got that shot right. I wanna get rid of it altogether. Maybe buy a beater car or something. This is pure ********

 

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that sucks that you are having problems with a newer truck

 

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Yea I know. Ive only had it a lil over a year. This is ridiculous. This will be the 8th time in the shop.

 

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Jesus dude... I'd be having a serious talk to the dealership/Dodge/Lemon Lawyer. This is getting seriously out of hand.

 

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Something serious must be wrong dude, you seem to be having a lot of issues.

 

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I don't think you two know the half of the issues I've had.

 

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cmerritt84 said:

I don't think you two know the half of the issues I've had.

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I have read your other thread, I hope theres not more. I also hope you get it all fixed.

 

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I've had 3 keys fail, I've had a wire fire under the seat, I've had brakes completely fail, and I've also had the driveshaft fall out twice. Now I've got a fuel gusher under the hood and I've got yet another failed key. It failed a few weeks ago but I hadn't gotten it fixed yet. I guess I will now along with the fuel leak.

 

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Brakes completely failed! Thats shocking, What was the cause?

 

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i don't know the lemon law rules where you live, but if they are similar to PA it sounds like you are stuck with it, so maybe get it fixed and trade it in? That many big problems in 1 year would make me lose all confidence in a vehicle

 

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sullivan said:

Brakes completely failed! Thats shocking, What was the cause?

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Failed master cylinder

 

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check the fuel rail. i had a similar problem too this on my Dakota R/T and i had a bad schrader valve. It was an easy fix, but your trucks not even half as old as that thing was.

 

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cmerritt84 said:

I've had 3 keys fail, I've had a wire fire under the seat, I've had brakes completely fail, and I've also had the driveshaft fall out twice. Now I've got a fuel gusher under the hood and I've got yet another failed key. It failed a few weeks ago but I hadn't gotten it fixed yet. I guess I will now along with the fuel leak.

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I'm having a hard time believing that many keys are failing. I'd start looking at the Wireless Control Module for a possible problem. There are 3 different companies that make them for Chrysler and they're known to fail more often than the keys themselves.