Petrol tank

Hi All, New to the board, with my Frontera 3.2 . She's been a great jeep, but now have a problem witth
the petrol tank with has imploded on its self.
This caused the petrol to leak from the pipes underneath.

Anybody got any Idea's on why this shoud happen?

Many Thanks

Daisy

Possibly a blocked breather pipe.

Basically, it does what is says, always allows the tank to breathe. Easiest way to explain is you put a 2 litre plastic pop bottle to your mouth and suck ...... bottle will collapse in in itself. Try the same thing with a hole drilled in the bottom.

If the breather is blocked, your electric fuel pump will just keep pumping cos the engine wants the fuel, resulting in the tank been emptied of fuel but the empty space not been replaced by air, resulting in the same idea as the pop bottle.

Have you notice a "hiss" of pressure when you have been taking the fuel cap off?

Thanks for your swift reply. Yes there is a long hiss when I open the petrol cap.

Any thoughts on how to cure the problem?

Thanks Again

Daisy

make sure the breather pipes aren't blocked