Been having a bit of a saga with my Puma and a persistent fuel leak on her. First it was a perished fuel hose - that got fixed - now its the fuel tank itself. Seems its so rusty fuel's leaking right out of it.
I've spent the past few weeks trying to figure out the best way around this, since replacements seem to be scarce and my location makes delivering them a hoot and a half (greetings from the Outer Hebrides!). I thought I found a winner in Eurocarparts, but it had a fundamental design flaw that rendered it unusable. The risk you take with aftermarket parts, I guess.
So I'm back to looking for stock tanks. What makes this fun is that - apparently - 2001-2002 models have somewhat different fuel tanks according to those I've spoken to locally, so I couldn't take a fuel tank from an older Puma/Mk.4 Fiesta and use that on my own Puma; finding fuel tanks for my specific year's been a nightmare.
I'm a bit stumped now, and could do with some suggestions as to what I could try next. Heck, if somebody could refute the above paragraph that'd alleviate most of my problems!
I've spent the past few weeks trying to figure out the best way around this, since replacements seem to be scarce and my location makes delivering them a hoot and a half (greetings from the Outer Hebrides!). I thought I found a winner in Eurocarparts, but it had a fundamental design flaw that rendered it unusable. The risk you take with aftermarket parts, I guess.
So I'm back to looking for stock tanks. What makes this fun is that - apparently - 2001-2002 models have somewhat different fuel tanks according to those I've spoken to locally, so I couldn't take a fuel tank from an older Puma/Mk.4 Fiesta and use that on my own Puma; finding fuel tanks for my specific year's been a nightmare.
I'm a bit stumped now, and could do with some suggestions as to what I could try next. Heck, if somebody could refute the above paragraph that'd alleviate most of my problems!