I am thankful for a fuel leak!!

[jshuman]

Hey guys,
So I went to my grandparents for thanksgivng which is about 30 miles from my house. I just finished replacing my timing belt about a month ago, and this was the first time I have driven it anywhere but to work and back. After eating until I was sick, I decided to go take a look and make sure my vac lines were all still on ( I had rerouted the vac lines for my mbc 3 days ago). I pushed down on the timing belt to make sure it was still tight and it sagged way down between the cam gears. I was really bummed because I figured it would be disasterous to drive it home that way. Anyways, my girlfriend saved the day and brought my tools to me, and my grandpa and I spent the rest of the day retensioning the timing belt. I went out this morning to start it up because it was too late last night. It started up on the first try which it hasn't done since the tb install. I thought all was well, but then I saw a puddle running out from under the car. It ended up being gasoline and lots of it. I looked everywhere in the engine bay and saw no gas. I checked the afpr, feed and return on the fuel rail, and injectors. It is not coming anywhere up top. I started it one more time to get a better look. I verified fp at 43.5psi, and the puddle originated right under the rear end of the down pipe. I have to drive back out there tomorrow and try to fix it. Could anyone tell me what I should check for?
Thanks ahead,
Justin

 

[dsmmike50t]

I had a leak at my injectors seals a while back. So have you checked the following

lines to fuel filter and to fuel rail
fuel rail to afpr
afpr to tank

 

[jshuman]

Thanks for the quick reply. I know it is not between the fr and afpr. I do not know about the lines coming and going from the tank and fuel filter.
Are thes lines that I can see from underneath the car?

 

[jshuman]

Problem fixed.
As near as I can tell, rain water had collected under the car somewhere on the drive to my grandparents, and also while it was sitting in the driveway overnight. When I jacked up the front end on thursday to retension the t-belt, it must have pooled under there somewhere. When I lowered the car back down on Friday morning the water came pouring out. It smelled like gas, but not really strong for the volume of fluid coming out. I guess it smelled like gasoline because it was right underneath the open dump tube. I checked several times for a leak with the car running both with the front end raised and on the ground. I also turned the fuel pump on via dsmlink for a couple minutes and still no leak. I am pretty sure that is what happened... I am an idiot.

 

[talonalex92]

Dir dir dir! haha, jk. Glad it was only water.

 

[Skip01]

Yeah very lucky it was only water haha