Will It Ever Be The Same?
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Will It Ever Be The Same?
Returning home yesterday from an out of town funeral. Driving on Interstate where right lane was barricaded and closed for repairs. Following about 6 car lengths behind an 18 wheeler that lost the tread off a tire. There was no where for me to go since right lane was closed so I hit the piece of tire head on. Everything seemed OK until we got home and got out of the car. There was a strong smell of gasoline. I backed out of the garage and there was a puddle of gasoline on the floor.
Verdict from the dealer is a hole in the gas tank and will require removal and replacement of the tank. According to the dealer this requires "partial disassembly of the frame" and subsequent wheel alignment etc. Total estimate is $4,700.
Question I have is, if they have to "partially disassemble" the frame and do a wheel alignment will it ever be the same? I love the way it drove before the incident, but this sounds a little scary for the integrity of the car.
Anyone have any experience?
Verdict from the dealer is a hole in the gas tank and will require removal and replacement of the tank. According to the dealer this requires "partial disassembly of the frame" and subsequent wheel alignment etc. Total estimate is $4,700.
Question I have is, if they have to "partially disassemble" the frame and do a wheel alignment will it ever be the same? I love the way it drove before the incident, but this sounds a little scary for the integrity of the car.
Anyone have any experience?
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It should be alright. You didn't have any damage to the structure, so it should go back together just fine. Where I'd worry about it driving different is they had to replace structural items.
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Returning home yesterday from an out of town funeral. Driving on Interstate where right lane was barricaded and closed for repairs. Following about 6 car lengths behind an 18 wheeler that lost the tread off a tire. There was no where for me to go since right lane was closed so I hit the piece of tire head on. Everything seemed OK until we got home and got out of the car. There was a strong smell of gasoline. I backed out of the garage and there was a puddle of gasoline on the floor.
Verdict from the dealer is a hole in the gas tank and will require removal and replacement of the tank. According to the dealer this requires "partial disassembly of the frame" and subsequent wheel alignment etc. Total estimate is $4,700.
Question I have is, if they have to "partially disassemble" the frame and do a wheel alignment will it ever be the same? I love the way it drove before the incident, but this sounds a little scary for the integrity of the car.
Anyone have any experience?
Verdict from the dealer is a hole in the gas tank and will require removal and replacement of the tank. According to the dealer this requires "partial disassembly of the frame" and subsequent wheel alignment etc. Total estimate is $4,700.
Question I have is, if they have to "partially disassemble" the frame and do a wheel alignment will it ever be the same? I love the way it drove before the incident, but this sounds a little scary for the integrity of the car.
Anyone have any experience?
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I think they just mean the rear subframe has to be removed to swap the tank. The tank is a saddle type design that straddles the propshaft and diff (why it has two in-tank pumps) so to get it out, all that stuff has to be unbolted. There should be no difference to how the car drives once once reassembled and properly aligned.