M&Ms4D
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Ok kinda long backstory but hopefully someone has some ideas that can steer me in the right direction.
I have a 2017 1500 Laramie 5.7 gas 4x4.
A few weeks back my battery seemed to be on its last leg so I put in a new one from autozone. I kept the old one (another long story that would need its own thread). I have a hard bed cover so for a week the old one just stayed in transit to and from work with a long trip back from the camp mixed in.
Shame on me but kind of forgetting about it, I noticed a wet spot under my truck. It ended up being that the old battery was on its side for who knows how many days and I had battery acid leak out all over. It ate up paint in pieces of my bed and drained over some exhaust pieces and part of the gas tank.
I mixed up a big batch of baking soda/ water in a paste and with an old chip brush put it on everything I saw until it stopped bubbling. I put it in the bed and everything on the underside that I could. Then I brought it to bennys and got a car wash including the under side wash.
So at this point I’m thinking, ok crisis averted, all is good. A few days go by and I get a check engine light come on, As well as a gas cap light. And my paranoid self kinda thought I smelled gasoline more than normal.
So I bought a new gas cap, and unhooked the negative battery terminal for 20 mins to reset everything. All is good for the next week.
Now it’s time to go on vacation to Destin..... all packed up, kids in car, last step is tank up and ice down the coolers....
Here’s where it gets fun.... so I fill up the truck until the gas pump automatically shuts off. I then hear what sounds like water pouring out of an ice chest. Look down to see the gasoline pouring onto the ground from under my truck. After 15 seconds or so it stops “spilling”.
So my guess is that I really didn’t need a gas cap, I’m thinking battery acid ate up something on top of my gas tank that I can’t see from underneath. (Maybe where the full neck enters the tank???) I really don’t want to bring to the dealer bc that’s against everything I stand for.... I can do most basic stuff on my own: oil, spark plugs, brakes/rotors etc. Unfortunately I know nothing about the gas tank or fuel lines etc on it. I have a 26 gallon tank. Is it a big deal to take off the tank to inspect and see what’s going on? Should I attempt to take the bed off instead?
Basically I’ve just been taking it real easy driving around town, not putting more than 5-10 gallons in at a time since we got back from the beach haha.
Also, I’m just discovering that some of the same trucks have a 32 gallon tank.... if I’m gonna have to take all kinda stuff apart, id much rather the bigger tank.
Step 1 would be fix what’s broken sooner than later, but if it’s not much other work To swap to the bigger tank I’d love that upgrade.
Any thoughts, ideas, information would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!!
I have a 2017 1500 Laramie 5.7 gas 4x4.
A few weeks back my battery seemed to be on its last leg so I put in a new one from autozone. I kept the old one (another long story that would need its own thread). I have a hard bed cover so for a week the old one just stayed in transit to and from work with a long trip back from the camp mixed in.
Shame on me but kind of forgetting about it, I noticed a wet spot under my truck. It ended up being that the old battery was on its side for who knows how many days and I had battery acid leak out all over. It ate up paint in pieces of my bed and drained over some exhaust pieces and part of the gas tank.
I mixed up a big batch of baking soda/ water in a paste and with an old chip brush put it on everything I saw until it stopped bubbling. I put it in the bed and everything on the underside that I could. Then I brought it to bennys and got a car wash including the under side wash.
So at this point I’m thinking, ok crisis averted, all is good. A few days go by and I get a check engine light come on, As well as a gas cap light. And my paranoid self kinda thought I smelled gasoline more than normal.
So I bought a new gas cap, and unhooked the negative battery terminal for 20 mins to reset everything. All is good for the next week.
Now it’s time to go on vacation to Destin..... all packed up, kids in car, last step is tank up and ice down the coolers....
Here’s where it gets fun.... so I fill up the truck until the gas pump automatically shuts off. I then hear what sounds like water pouring out of an ice chest. Look down to see the gasoline pouring onto the ground from under my truck. After 15 seconds or so it stops “spilling”.
So my guess is that I really didn’t need a gas cap, I’m thinking battery acid ate up something on top of my gas tank that I can’t see from underneath. (Maybe where the full neck enters the tank???) I really don’t want to bring to the dealer bc that’s against everything I stand for.... I can do most basic stuff on my own: oil, spark plugs, brakes/rotors etc. Unfortunately I know nothing about the gas tank or fuel lines etc on it. I have a 26 gallon tank. Is it a big deal to take off the tank to inspect and see what’s going on? Should I attempt to take the bed off instead?
Basically I’ve just been taking it real easy driving around town, not putting more than 5-10 gallons in at a time since we got back from the beach haha.
Also, I’m just discovering that some of the same trucks have a 32 gallon tank.... if I’m gonna have to take all kinda stuff apart, id much rather the bigger tank.
Step 1 would be fix what’s broken sooner than later, but if it’s not much other work To swap to the bigger tank I’d love that upgrade.
Any thoughts, ideas, information would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!!