Fuel sending unit leaking?

Jeepm@n

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Northern, WI

• Jul 27, 2011

• #1

Filled the tank and new I had a slight gas leak. I found immediately after filling the leak was right where the wires and tube went through the sending unit. It is not the o-ring for the sending unit to tank. Is there a fix for this? Stealership wants $742.16 for the whole assembly only. Can I use any year sending unit as long as I use the 96 pump? I need a much cheaper price like $100-$150.

 

Original_MudButt

NAXJA Forum User

Location

In the eighth dimension

• Jul 27, 2011

• #2

'96? Is the pump on top of the tank?

 

Jeepm@n

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Northern, WI

• Jul 27, 2011

• #3

The sending unit is on the front of my metal tank. Yes it is a 96.

 

Original_MudButt

NAXJA Forum User

Location

In the eighth dimension

• Jul 27, 2011

• #4

Sorry I don't know enough to help. I'm sure somebody else will...

 

Matthew Currie

NAXJA Member #760

Location

Vermont, land of big clay

• Jul 28, 2011

• #5

Physical fit should be the same for any 4.0 with the same size tank, but I don't know if the post-91 sender is wired differently from earlier ones. The other gauges are reversed in polarity from the Renix era ones, and that one may be too, I just don't know. To be safe I think I'd look for something between 93 and 96. The pumps themselves will interchange. My stepson's 93 had an 89 pump for years with no problems.

 

JrTxJ

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Canton, MA

• Jul 28, 2011

• #6

http://thejeephut.com/fuel-module-1...7.html?zenid=768daa54d3256fb544211471dd68289b

cheapest place I can find that has it. the 96 is a weird crossover year different from the rest, more similar to 97+ as it comes with the fuel pressure regulator but still unique to that year.

otherwise, the second cheapest I could find searching by the oe number is http://www.milehijeep.com/app/fuel-module-1996-xj-5003869aa.html?source=googlemc

 

old_man

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Loveland, Colorado

• Jul 28, 2011

• #7

Pull it and take it to a welder and have him braze up the junction. If it is where the wires go through, use some RTV type sealer and let it cure completely before assembly.