95 GT dangerous situation

realtex

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After filling up, I noticed some gas on the ground. I thought it was overflow. I looked under the car, and gas was pouring out. To make a long story short, there is a gasket between the filler neck and tank, which failed. Had that happened on the highway at 75mph, well, I don't want to think about that. Check that gasket NOW!

 

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Mustang5L5

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Yup. Pretty common failure. The gasket is still available from Ford so try and keep the tank around 1/2 full or less until getting it swapped out. Not a terrible job.

 

limp

wrap a little cheese around it and its a done

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Was the grommet discontinued in 93?

 

Mustang5L5

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limp said:

Was the grommet discontinued in 93?

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Nope. Still available. Superseded part number from the fox years. Same grommet from 1981 thru 1997

F4ZZ-9072-DA F4ZZ9072DA - Genuine Ford Base part # 9072 Gasket

Ford part # F4ZZ-9072-DA F4ZZ9072DA, Base part # 9072, $34.80 online at FordPartsGiant.com. Wholesale-priced and fast-delivered Ford parts Gasket.

www.fordpartsgiant.com

 

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limp

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Mustang5L5 said:

Nope. Still available. Superseded part number from the fox years. Same grommet from 1981 thru 1997

F4ZZ-9072-DA F4ZZ9072DA - Genuine Ford Base part # 9072 Gasket

Ford part # F4ZZ-9072-DA F4ZZ9072DA, Base part # 9072, $34.80 online at FordPartsGiant.com. Wholesale-priced and fast-delivered Ford parts Gasket.

www.fordpartsgiant.com

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TY.. Calling it a gasket confused me, but I see ford calls it a gasket......

 

rednotch

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You can buy a 2 pack on Amazon for $10 or you could, was identical to the Dorman and spectra ones I had. .. They should be replaced any time you drop the tank. Its just a rubber seal. I ve seen cars that leaked for years, ppl globbing rtv around them etc its common on a lot of cars beside just ours... There pretty much one time use since its narrower then the fill tube to seal it..