Gas smell

If it is the pump, dropping the tank is a whole lot more work than going in from the top. The seats and carpet do come out pretty easily, but if you really don't want to mess for it just make a clean cut in the carpet and sound deadening above the pump.

Is the car throwing any codes?

That said, I don't think it's your pump. The only parts of the pump that could cause it to leak externally are the connects at the top, and they're above the fuel level, so the should only leak when the car is running and the pump operating. Is that the case?

What's more likely is that some part of the EVAP system is damaged and is allowing fuel vapors to escape. There is a series of hard vapor lines running up the passenger side of the frame between the tank and engine and sometimes they start to rub on the engine or trans and over time wear a hole into themselves. I personally had this happen in 3 different locations.

Pull the line at the purge solenoid, grab a cigar, puff away, and start to blow smoke through the lines and have someone look under the car for any rogue smoke. There shouldn't be any. If there is, trace it down, fix the leak, and no more fuel smell.

Well another day coming to a close at Landrover Sobieski.

I decided to make a clean carpet cut, rather than de-interior the cargo area.

The fuel pump had the suspected hair-line crack and was seeping a good bit of gas - no wonder the garage reeked of it.

Anyway... Sourced the pump. Paid way too much for it so I could have it today.

Also learned a bunch of stuff:
Don't need that special tool (LRT-19-009).
Clean carpet cut looks fine - almost unnoticeable.
Gas fumes give me a buZz.
And - I can't remember.
Oh yeah, put the sealing ring around the top of the fuel pump - then drop it in; and prime the fuel system.




-sobieski