Went for a 5 mile ride with the kids, stopped at the gas station on the way back to top off the sleds. Got home parked the sleds and a day or two later I notice a yellowish snow patch under the 94 XLT and see a small drip coming from the bottom. My first thought is must of had a cooling line wear through or something along those lines. Pulled it into the garage a day later, opened up the hood and the coolant resevour is still half full. Hmmmm, open up the gas tank at it is almost completely empty! Looked at all the gas lines, they look good, no cracks or leaks that I can see. Anyway took off the seat to replace the seat cover (in meantime make sure there are no cracks in the tank, there wasnt it held gas fine after) put it back on, dump 2 gallons in and start it up. No leaks anywhere.
So my thinking is that maybe a float valve stuck open and it siphoned the tank over a day or so. Would that make sense? all the plugs are still in the drain lines coming off the bottom of the float bowls with no evidence of leakage around those. Does this make sense? I am a bit baffled as it would of had to siphon it out and the floats are the only area that are that low on the tank because it was almost completely empty. ticked I lost $30 worth of gas but probably cheaper than having to fix a cooling leak...Anyone want to take a Matlock stab at this scenario?
So my thinking is that maybe a float valve stuck open and it siphoned the tank over a day or so. Would that make sense? all the plugs are still in the drain lines coming off the bottom of the float bowls with no evidence of leakage around those. Does this make sense? I am a bit baffled as it would of had to siphon it out and the floats are the only area that are that low on the tank because it was almost completely empty. ticked I lost $30 worth of gas but probably cheaper than having to fix a cooling leak...Anyone want to take a Matlock stab at this scenario?