Diesel leak in lower compartment

[GARY MINKER]

You need to know of the tank or lines have a crack or leak. You need to make a pressure plug for the filler neck and use a bike pump. Pump the pressure in the fuel tank to no more than 3psi and watch the gauge over several hours. Is the slime raw fuel or burnt fuel with soot? --- On Sat, 2/7/09, mgayle4 <mgayle4@...> wrote: From: mgayle4 <mgayle4@...> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Diesel leak in lower compartment To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 12:37 AM Hi, folks. My first post here. Recently my mother bought a '96 42' WLWB. There has always been a bit of diesel odor in the lower compartment. Lately there has been a film of diesel on the overhead panels of the cargo area, as well as a diesel sheen over everything in the compartment. I will have to admit that I took a "diesel bath" when I refilled the tank after our last outing in the coach, but I cannot find any way that the overflow could have gotten into the cargo area. Also, we cleaned the entire compartment with hot water and soap, only to have the diesel re-accumulate. The diesel collects in the channel along the inner walls that surround the LP tank and main fuel tank, and drains back and drips onto the ground at the back of the cargo area on both sides. I have removed the upper panel above the sliding cargo platform and everything up there was dry, as well as everything inside the LP tank access panel. I cannot find any leak on the diesel hoses/tubing running to the AquaHot unit either. I am at wit's end with trying to find the source of this diesel. I will add that the fuel tank is full. It was filled to the "bathing level" (hehe) less than 10 miles from my house. Any insights or suggestions will be very much appreciated. Martin Gayle Las Vegas, NV '96 WLWB 42'