Recent content by sparkydave

Fixed it. Got some of this stuff, trimmed the width down a little, wrapped a turn around the tank neck, and no more leaks. Cap makes a snug fit, but no gas oozing out on to the tank...

Bought a new cap, made zero difference. Filler cap threads are not damaged, and the new cap gasket has a nice ring where the lip is sealing. Just seems to be that fuel splashes up, gets through the air holes, seeps around the edges, and oozes out from between the threads. As a test, I tried...

OK, but are the threads supposed to contain the gas? Trying to figure out how it's supposed to seal if a new gasket doesn't seem to fix it, unless the gasket is supposed to be glued to the cap somehow.

So here's a picture of the gas cap with the old gasket. It's grooved from the lip, but if I slip in a different gasket that's cut to the same size and has even a small hole in the center, gas still eventually seeps out from between the threads. If I don't poke a hole or make one that's too...

Thanks, so would cork be a better material to use? The old one isn't cork, but more like a cardboard material. The gasket paper seemed to work until I poked a small hole in the center for a vent. I suppose I could order a new cap, but it seems like the gasket in the old cap could be replaced...

Hello all, I have an old Black & Decker generator I've been resurrecting, and it has a Briggs 5 HP engine, type 130232-0169. I've got it repaired and running, but it has one annoying thing that I haven't been able to resolve yet. The gas cap oozes gas. The lip isn't bent, and the cap seems to...