Subject: gas tanked shrunk Author: ezdzit : member since September, 2009 : 3 posts Posted on: 2010-03-26 15:41:53

1995 bmw 5251 114k I was driving about 45mph and heard a loud crunch coming from the rear of the car, car kept driving fine however my gas gauge quit working .long story short had my mechanic put it on a lift to see what was wrong and the gas tank litterly shrunk in half it pulled away from the straps that held it in place and crushed the sending unit in the tank.there are no gas odors the car runs and drives fine(I ve put 1000 miles on it) however it only holds 11 gallons of gas now. when he opened up the gas cap there was loud wooosh of air of pressure escaping. what caused this? we looked for a crimp in the line but to no avail.
has this happened to any one else and what can I do to avoid this happening again.
thanks

• gas tanked shrunk - ezdzit 2010-03-26 15:41:53 (403 views)
  • Does the gas cap have a air pressure regulator in-built,ie. whilst it holds - BMW-Test-Pilot 2010-03-26 16:36:51 (364 views)
    • Re: Does the gas cap have a air pressure regulator in-built,ie. whilst it holds - ezdzit 2010-03-26 17:13:55 (376 views)
      • Re: Does the gas cap have a air pressure regulator in-built,ie. whilst it holds - Shayne 2010-03-26 23:53:42 (386 views)
        • Re: Does the gas cap have a air pressure regulator in-built,ie. whilst it holds - ezdzit 2010-03-29 13:11:30 (356 views)
          • Re: Does the gas cap have a air pressure regulator in-built,ie. whilst it holds - Shayne 2010-03-29 18:47:28 (380 views)
    • Re: Does the gas cap have a air pressure regulator in-built,ie. whilst it holds - yaofeng 2010-03-26 16:48:00 (381 views)
      • that was quite a prob on the E38 - shogun 2010-03-27 11:30:35 (386 views)