Evap Line repair

cozdude

Guy with a Red 2-Door
So as some of you know, the other day I broke one of the evap lines that comes off the gas tank which runs up to the filler neck when reinstalling my tank. Unfortunately this piece is not replaceable UNLESS you get a whole new tank. Well at $700 from the dealer I was not going to buy a new one. So today I decided to tackle it.

I was going to follow this install video below but decided to try something different.
https://youtu.be/ChFdbBuM_VQ


What you will need:
1/8 x 1/8" hose barb
Jb weld
Patience


So this is what it looked liked when it was broken
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As you can see the nipple sheered off the plastic

So I ran out to the store this morning in search of parts like in the video. I came to find out the the inner diameter of the nipple was very close to 1/8 in size. So I bought a 1/8 barbed nipple.
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I then mixed up some jb weld
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And applied some to the end of the barb. (Sorry no pics as I didn't think about it)

I installed the new barbed end into the broken piece in my hand. Then applied some more jb weld onto the other end making sure not to plug the hole.

I then installed it
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There was a lot left over that it smushed out and I was able to apply some around the outside to help seal it a little more.

At this point DO NOT reattach the line to the filler neck! You must let the jb weld cure. I would suggest that you don't drive your vehicle either for a period of time. Once dry after 12 hours or so you can apply more weld to the outside if you choose and reconnect the line.

And that's it For about $10 and some time!! I hope this helps for if this happens to someone else in the near future
 
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Glad to hear you were able to get this fixed and for a lot less than $700! Nice job and thanks for posting up a write-up here for others to see. :thumb:
 
Glad to hear you were able to get this fixed and for a lot less than $700! Nice job and thanks for posting up a write-up here for others to see. :thumb:
Yea I'm super happy with it! Figure only $10 and your all fixed! How can you beat that!?

Also your welcome! Glad to share my repair with everyone here
Great fix! Thanks for sharing it.


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Good save man!

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Thanks guys!
 
Glad you got it fixed. Can't believe that you have to buy an entire new tank. That's Bull Sh!t.

Anyway, is there anything you can do to protect it, keep it from happening again?

Good job with the repair.
 
Had the same thing happen to me. Since mine is a 2010, I would have had to get a new tank. Epoxy is holding up so far no problems after about a year.


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Just an update. Everything is holding great! Added a little extra jb weld before I went wheeling last week
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Little messy but doesn't need to be pretty, just hold
 
My jeep just threw a P0456 code yesterday. Still trying to track it down. I didn't check the gas tank. I may need the help of this write up. Thanks for the info! 700 bucks is criminal.
 
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