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Old 04-03-2015, 06:00 AM   #13 (permalink)
RedDevil
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I had this problem in my '98 Nissan Almera (in 2012) and my inlaws had it in their '96-ish Lada (in 2003).
In both cases the fuel filler pipe had bursted.
Apparently those suffer under mechanical stress between the filler opening and the tank, when that moves about, or something.
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