I might also add - it seems to me that to to see what part is leaking - you
would have to take the tank down. But with the tank off (and emptied) - it
may be difficult to see where the leak was coming from if nothing is
obvious.


"Mensa" <realpeoplel@localnet.com> wrote in message
news:XDdrf.53964$XC4.52058@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> If anyone can help here appreciated. I have a 1999 Odyssey
>
> I had an accident 3 weeks ago where my car rolled down my driveway (with
> no one in it) and ran over some landscaping rocks. The rocks crushed my
> gas tank.
>
> They replaced the gas tank (and a few other minor things) - but now when I
> fill up the tank completely - there is a smell of fuel in the car and
> there is a small amount of fuel dripping from somewhere out of the top of
> the tank and dripping on the garage floor. I can't see where its coming
> from but obviously from the top of the tank somewhere. Again - this
> problem only occurs when the tank is 100% full. If 95 % full - no leak.
> The small amount of gas that leaks stops after the car has been turned off
> for 20 minutes (it does not continue to leak all night or anything like
> that).
>
> Obviously - the van goes right back Monday morning - but I just wanted to
> know - if not the tank - what else at the top of the tank holds fuel and
> could be leaking for a short time after the Odyssey is turned off.
>
> All help appreciated
>