[Staowners] PETROL FILLER PIPE

[George Simpson - Forums]

I'm just back from a 250 mile social rally around the Perigord area of 
the Dordogne, well known for good food!!!

The sunny weather in the morning made for 'topless' motoring but a few 
spots of rain persuaded me to put up the hood when we went to lunch. It 
then started to rain, very heavily, and didn't stop all afternoon. After 
getting home, I emptied the trunk of our clothes and found, in the left 
hand depression deep in the back of the trunk, about 2" of water.

After taking out everything else including the carpet, I tried to find 
where the water had come in .... it was simple. The boot floor where the 
fuel tank filler pipe passes through the boot was wet and covered in 
sand/small gravel. During the 3 hour drive back, the rear wheel must 
have been throwing up spray and road dirt underneath at the point where 
the petrol tank neck enters the trunk. I had had some damp in that area 
before but thought it was the trunk seal letting in water. I had changed 
this seal and all seemed well until today's atrocious conditions - we 
were diverted twice for road flooding and often running through standing 
water.

I looked in the parts supply book under Petrol Tank and item 13 page 144 
is a grommet from the neck to the trunk floor. Having discovered how 
essential this is, where can I get one - Bamforth or the Mal's contact 
in Australia - has anyone made one up either with a rubber mat or a 
piece of inner tube?

Any suggestions please

George
(decidedly damp in Cognac)