So this is scary as hell....our 6 is leaking gas from somewhere around the tank. I haven't taken it anywhere but the track in the past month, last outing on 12/7, and we've noticed a gas smell in our carport for about a week. Started both the XFs today to check fluids and such when I noticed this giant stain under where the SRT normally sits. Smells like water and gas, feels slick like coolant. After moving the car forward to inspect, I noticed something dripping out of the drip pan in front of the rear wheels beneath the tank. Mystery fluid does not smell entirely like gas, but she lost an 1/8th of a tank without being moved last week. Please, any insight would be most helpful! Heck, I almost sprung a leak when I saw this.

 

Remove the plastic cover ( tray ), loooong extension 10mm socket for the plastic nuts and inspect all the connections to the pump and the filter.
Most likely dry-rot hose at a connection.

( you can usually release those OEM hose clamps with a tiny screw driver at each side of the clamp where it hooks )

 

I was thinking the same thing, probably a fitting or hose to the fuel filter.

I ended up putting AC style clamps on mine, they hold up better...

 

Yeah, it seems it is time for those hoses to be changed. That might also explain why she sounded starved for gas when I cranked it up today.

 

BTW, you guys kick @$$ for responding so fast.

 

I happen to have a job where I sit at home monitoring ( and sometimes fixing ) database systems all day, when I'm not on conference calls.
This leaves a LOT of spare time to also monitor this forum.
I am also only 15 feet from the garage, if I need to go look at something on the car, it is not too much trouble.

 

Mine did the same. It was the pump.

 

I am in IT as well, so I am generally behind some sort of online capable device.

I would recommend changing the fuel filter at the same time, Rob has them available...