Fuel rail line is made of plastic/nylon and has cracked near one of the fuel injectors on top of the engine and leaking fuel on my march 1998 cadillac deville
1998 Cadillac Deville: fuel leak
5 of the 237 complaints about the 1998 Cadillac Deville describe fuel leak.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Fuel leak by model year
What owners say
Tl* the contact owns a 1998 cadillac deville. The contact observed fuel leaking onto the engine. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the fuel rail failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. Th VIN was unavailable. ....updated 07/22/15 *bf updated 10/11/2017
Tl* the contact owns a 1998 cadillac deville. The contact stated that the vehicle was leaking fuel from the fuel rail into the engine compartment. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but was not repaired. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 04v110000 (fuel system, gasoline). The failure mileage was 120,000.
(1) noticed smell of gasoline under hood, saw standing gas on engine; (2) fuel rail cracked, resulted in large gas leak onto engine block; (3) fuel rail replaced, old part not available.
1.strong smell of gas when stopped at a red light or stop sign 2. Found to be a fuel rail leak between the no.3 and no.5 injector. Raw fuel leaking up under the hood could be ignited if there is an ignition source. (such as a back fire, leaking spark plug wire) 3. Replace fuel rail.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1998 Cadillac Deville fuel leak
Is fuel leak a common problem on the 1998 Cadillac Deville?
5 of 237 owner complaints about the 1998 Cadillac Deville (2%) mention fuel leak. The model year with the most reports is 1997.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1998 Cadillac Deville?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1998 Cadillac Deville
Headlights 42Overheating 9Stalling 9Grinding brakes 7Adaptive cruise 6ABS 5Airbag light 5No deployment 5Sudden acceleration 5Wipers 5
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