REFLECTOR: Leaking fuel sump tank

[Scott Derrick]

My wife said she smelled fuel on our last flight when she got in the back 
seat.  I figured it was fumes from just filling the tanks.

It was not.  I pulled the back seat out and there are fuel stains and it 
was damp on the bottom edge of the sump tank.   Right where the seam is.

I have the standard 5 gallon sump tank for an RG.  Right behind the back 
seat,  in front of the main gear.

I'm going to drain teh tanks and pull the sump tank out tomorrow.  That's 
the only way of seeing exactly where it is leaking. Maybe put the out put 
from a shop vac into it ti see if I can find where it will make bubbles.

What's the standard way of repairing it?

Scott

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