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Originally Posted by MGJohn
There is another possibility to consider. Not on my ZTs, but on aged Montegos, when as I always do, habitually fill to the brim, if there is corrosion on the filler tube, if bad enough to create holes, brim fill ups will seep out that way.
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Years ago had a MG Maestro 2.0i, good car, handled well and had a reasonable turn of speed.
On holiday once in Devon (stayed at a farm house located up the end of a very narrow and long country lane), stopped at a petrol station to fill up and when I removed the filler cap was greeted by a coating of cow manure plastered up the inside of the filler neck and underneathof the filler cap!
On closer inspection the (metal) filler neck and rusted through behind the wheel and consequently there was a sizeable hole that had caught the cow muck being flung about by the tyre.
Managed to finish the holiday (with no more than 3/4 of a tank at a time) and get home without issue, but had to fit a new fuel tank, filler neck and filter once home to rectify (there was too much road debris in the tank to clean out satisfactorily).