Saturn Ion Fuel Leak Repair

Saturn Ion Fuel Leak Repair
This is the DeWalt tool I'm talking about- available on Amazon → www.amazon.com/...

[@capman911]

Brian I hate to mention this but they have come out with a service recall on those cars because of the rubber around the fuel lines leading into and out of the pump were rotting. You made the money and not the dealer mechanic. Just thought I would mention it.

[@briansmobile1]

***** Good comment.

[@18iser]

***** I giggled

[@robertheberling1719]

I just realized I have this exact problem on my Ion. I've only had the car about 2 years. Is it true there is a recall for this problem?

[@mph5896]

Absolutely love the DeWalt tools, I have the 18v version in 1/2". Its the most used tool in my toolbox for auto repair.

[@NikolaiPozdniakov]

Glad to see Brian happy and energetic again.

[@indigoakaben]

"I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE ION..." had me giggling.

[@andreagili4589]

Brian i love how you keep yourself happy when doing difficult jobs :)

[@DENicholsAutoBravado]

Andrea Gili Don't we? He's a good example. :)

[@briansmobile1]

Thanks Andrea. I've found being mad or frustrated at a machine makes me dumb. Being happy and optimistic lends to being creative at finding solutions. That's how I want to be. Helps the job go better and faster. I learned from my father that I'm in control of how I feel. He told me to "make him mad" so I stomped on his foot. He didn't get mad. Then he said it again. "Make me mad." I realized in that moment that his feelings were not in my control. They were in his and his alone.

[@DENicholsAutoBravado]

Thanks for getting around to editing this gem of a good time.

[@982Nighthawk1337]

Brian this is one of the many reasons I enjoy your videos you are always entertaining and informative which makes for some great videos. Keep it up. :)

[@PatrickLavigne]

omg man! I wish you still did this on a regular basis. I laughed and learned so much! Hope all is well my man! All the best to you!

[@nmattcar]

When working on general motors I also like song my own melodys...keeps me sane...

[@almfreak]

Great video, love listening to your remarks and sarcasm. Sounds like me fixing stuff.

[@briansmobile1]

Thanks buddy!

[@Maerlyn1101]

As usual, a fun filled vid. Thanks for doing it for the masses. You re awesome.

[@briansmobile1]

Thanks Noogan!

[@hammertime2150]

Hey Brian, your video was very helpful and informative. Keep doing your Videos ur way, i just finished working on 2 of these Ions. Great job man! Ur not boring like other tutorials. Thanks man!!!!

[@transdetendal]

weehee!! you got me as a happy camper!! (first time wit a campertrailer) and 2 tennis elbows who got me of the job and off working on cars since 2008 ! and a 3.strike to a home run must be us both car workers and helping ppl out of their missurie on shitty designs on cars!! job well done i hate those effed up plastic shields they put on everything! WHY????

[@sixtyfiveford]

Nice Fix.

[@briansmobile1]

Thanks Mo!

[@bradnimbus4836]

This was hilarious Brian! Love the chit chat as you're tinkering away. Are you accepting clients?

[@rasr666]

dah!

[@zappa916]

im always nervous around the gas tank. id be fixing a gnd lead to the chassis especially if the car is elevated. fireworks arent cool if you're like inches away from them. Love the singing and as a singer you make a great mechanic. lol

[@fastv6stang]

Awesome vid! Like your sense of humor!

[@tytotheler92]

The problem is....that it keeps levitating and can't get traction. Brilliant.

[@Bigbran0032]

These cars as well as the cobalts have a bad problem with the return fuel line getting cracked and leaking fuel, gm has a special coverage(12191) for the 06 models for that reason I'm unsure of the mileage limitations but if it was within the mileage then the person could have taken the car to a Chevorlet dealership and had it repaired for no cost. I've replaced about 8 of them within the last 5 months under that special coverage. Just something for future reference.

[@juanquintana7313]

Brandon thank you for that!!! I was fixing to buy a new fuel pump for my ion due to a heavy gas odor when I found this video and stumbled upon your comment. I called the local dealer and they're replacing it tomorrow under the 12191 special coverage, thank you very much you just saved me a few hundred dollars and a afternoon of wrenching on my plastic car

[@evianrave7683]

Thanks Brandon, my car is covered for this and it has been smelling like gas for months, only now it is starting really hard. (~4 or 5 seconds of turning over before it fires up)

[@martinmojo]

Evian Rave thanks for the info thats exactly what my 06 ion has been doing .

[@evianrave7683]

Call up your dealer and see if your VIN is covered for special coverage. They replaced my fuel tank and fuel pump for free (~$1350). I have better mileage now too. ~32mpg highway instead of 28.

[@Caveman305.]

just popping in to add to this, the coverage still exists with no mileage limitation, I have an 08 cobalt LT with 176,xxx miles and my vin falls into the #12191B coverage

[@TRX450RVlogger]

Alright Brian, I am going to make all the other subscribers "including myself" to start clicking your ad's every time they watch a video and we are going to make you enough money through Google Ad Sense that you will be able to buy Car Lift! lol Also That engine in that car looks like one of them older GM Quad 4 Engines but a little more modern.

[@briansmobile1]

Thanks buddy!

[@iftinchanneliftinchannel682]

thank you so much about you helping me

[@prizm63]

thanks gives me hope that it can be fixed, love the smell gags and the cute dog too. yep i love my recalled tried to kill me 2003 ION car. Im still here.

[@karlvanravenswaay1204]

Can you replace just the lines? Or do you have to replace the pump and everything?

[@briansmobile1]

All of it unfortunately unless you have access to the fuel injection grade heat shrink tubing before it's shrunk.

[@Bigbran0032]

Great video and explanation btw

[@briansmobile1]

Brandon Sartain Thanks Brandon!

[@devincolclasure5497]

Where the fuel filler neck and gas tank meets that 7 in hose how will I take just that off and when I take the vapor hose off do I got to unplug the battery?

[@aarondavis4341]

God I hate trying to drop tanks when their full. I have an 06 ion quadcoupe,smells like gas BAD but no leaks I've found,from what I've researched all 06 IONS have leak issues on top the pump and where the line meets the pump,there was a recall on them I guess. Other than that I love my ion

[@DJDevon3]

This video is speck tackle ular! :)

[@DENicholsAutoBravado]

***** One of my many laughs. :)

[@ItalianStallion1415]

Dam, my Saturn L-series has a leak like that but very small. I wonder if its the same part?

[@cndr123]

Understanding money was tight on this one, but what about the fuel filter? Do your part suppliers give you any trouble with warranty from a faulty fuel pump if you do not replace the fuel filter at the same time?

[@briansmobile1]

cndr123 There are pre programmed decisions that save people (creatures of habit) lots of effort and the potential for mistakes. When a fuel pump fails due to age, debris, mechanical failure etc. the filter should ALWAYS be changed. Here we did it because the materials and manufacturing were questionable. The filter had been changed recently already.

[@cndr123]

briansmobile1 Thank you for the response, its always good to know your thought process.

[@EdwardWallaceTechTalk]

Thank you for the video!! I have the repair book, but it is not all that helpful.

[@TheRichardOlson]

How did you get the lines off the filter push both blue bottons?

[@mdjcomps]

I have a buick lacrosse 2010 cxs 3.6 with direct injection and did a full tune up. and before that I was getting 13.5 mpg and id have to fuel up every 3 days and works only 5 miles away/ if I go to Los angeles from Bakersfield the tank gets empty pretty quickly by the time I get there hardly any traffic over the week. after my tune up nothin changed, so I'm wondering if I have a leak in my tank like this Saturn?

[@fredratliff9578]

You are funny as hell! Very entertaining and learned a lot!

[@drm315]

Those "idiot hoods" are for the protection of pedestrians. The theory goes that when a pedestrian slams into your hood after you have struck him with your car the plastic "idiot hood" has some give to it as opposed to the hood striking the metal of the engine. Engines have been lowered in the car to facilitate this reduction in the force applied to the pedestrian victim.

[@briansmobile1]

drm315 I have never heard that before. What's the source. I'd like to know more.

[@rustyshackleford8637]

Ummm. YOu do know that thats a special coverage recall at all GM dealerships yeah?

[@raygregory6089]

Great Job

[@johnsmith-sw7ii]

LOL...Startin to worry about you boy....fumes maybe??? Wouldnt it have helped a bit if you drained the tank first?

[@Drew99GT]

The Saturn Ibomb.

[@seeya205]

Wow! That's crazy! New pump because of a $3 fuel line. Cheap plastic crap.

[@HERMIE7323]

What kind of gloves do you wear?

[@briansmobile1]

PAUL DINEHART 7 mil Nitrile. XL

[@ricardoibarra-rivera5079]

Best video ever!

[@briansmobile1]

ricardo ibarra-rivera Thanks- what did you like about it?

[@ricardoibarra-rivera5079]

briansmobile1 its nice to see im not the only goofy mechanic, though sometimes i yell obscenities like everyone else

[@briansmobile1]

ricardo ibarra-rivera I do too when I'm alone. I'm trying not to on camera.

[@raymondanthony8651]

So typical of the automotive industry, you have a leaking line but instead of being able to replace it, you have to replace the entire pump (which works) instead of just a little line.

[@wysetech2000]

Brian, definitely don't give up ur day job for a singing career. It musta been the gas fumes.....RIGHT {:-)

[@briansmobile1]

wysetech2000 I'll show you I can sing. I'll make the next few videos straight up musicals! J/K

[@Valde3333]

I might have siphoned or pumped (with fuel cars fuel pump) tank empty before doing this.

[@JamesParus]

+1

[@austinhildebrand8448]

I make up my lyrics because they are better hahaha made my day!

[@DENicholsAutoBravado]

Austin Hildebrand I do that all the time...some people just HAVE to correct me. HAHA! Truthfully, I can't remember the real lyrics and I do like what I come up with.

[@happy543210]

technically, Saturn is not out of business...Opel (GM's German subsidiary and maker of Saturn cars) is still cranking out these pieces of shit in Europe like there's no tomorrow.

[@DENicholsAutoBravado]

happy543210 That's why Opel seemed so familiar when I was in Europe.

[@DENicholsAutoBravado]

happy543210 They had that familiar feeling. That normally makes me fond of something, but I just couldn't quite get there. Ding! I get it now. lol

[@MrAirsoftKid98]

They're not even bad.

[@DENicholsAutoBravado]

Manuel Garcia They really aren't bad. I'd drive one. Just depends of this last owner cared for it. Almost bought one until I figured out they didn't change their oil regularly. This was a long time ago.

[@henrymartin4766]

Location of fuel filter on 2007 saturn ion

[@minifamily7984]

they have a recall on Saturn's and Cobalts could have got it fixed for free

[@Mrwheresmyhouse]

I half expected you to pass out before the end of the video. Careful around them gas fumes unless you enjoy singing old-timey folk songs to KZbin.

[@briansmobile1]

wheresmyhouse I'm pretty goofy by nature. And I listen to Alro Guthrie probably more than I should tell. Have you found your house?

[@nld-bl5ct]

You are so cool!

[@martynstusiak3471]

so fun Thanks

[@TrueBlueEG8]

Brian gets completely stoned on petrol fumes :)

[@briansmobile1]

Not intentionally, but I have a propensity to get happy around the stuff.

[@TrueBlueEG8]

Haha me too man, i love the smell of it

[@ceegee3514]

So new pump fixed the leaky hose?... not so clear guy.

[@robertheberling1719]

The hose and pump are one unit. Can't buy them separately. So, yes, a new pump is the only way to fix the hose problem. It's stupid.

[@user-yh6bl8mg2t]

+briansmobile1 Trying to buy new lines and evap line. having trouble finding them. whats the diameter?

[@briansmobile1]

I couldn't tell you. It's been years and I don't have access to the car to check now.

[@Lessaj]

Ratatat, nice!

[@dunnriteauto9770]

Non farrad 🙌🙌🙌

[@JSchrumm]

Isn't that a cobalt clone?

[@briansmobile1]

Not sure.

[@uprednecked]

I like the name you give those things idiot hoods! I call them a beautification cover

[@briansmobile1]

Thanks

[@nickwilson1476]

Spanky!

[@rjeralds22]

Hey brain I have a 2003 ion and found out two days ago I myself have a gas leak in which I suspected. I'm a VERY car savy lady. But I need to know what a particular part is. Ok... let's start at the fill neck.... follow it all the way to the rear of the tank I'm replacing the hose BUT it is also the portion the fill hose attaches to on the rear of the tank. Help! Thanks!

[@dave1135]

Those engine covers keep the less educated car owners from messing with things better left to more experienced mechanics.

[@DENicholsAutoBravado]

dave1135 No, I can't say it.

[@TacticalApu]

So that's why mines leaking. Didn't know there was a recall or I would have done this ages ago

[@danekeeper1]

I'm #2.....oh well you know what I meant.

[@briansmobile1]

Danekeeper1. You're #1 to me right now. I appreciate you being here. Thanks!

[@justin9268]

fuel lines over exhaust design to fail psychopath designers

[@colt2056]

FIRST!

[@milolll]

shrink-sealed gas line SUCKS!!!

[@s0nnyburnett]

Throwing skeet can have different interpretations. Had to pause and check because you usually don't make dirty jokes or even swear.

[@briansmobile1]

s0nnyburnett Skeet like with a shotgun. I was doing a lot of shooting at the time. Guns. Shooting guns. I actually don't even drink or smoke- never have.

[@s0nnyburnett]

briansmobile1 Me neither. Just making sure you didn't slip up.

[@TheWwong]

GM Junk

[@briansmobile1]

ICU2 This was in the "oh crap how do we cut costs" era pre bailout.

[@GigaDonk]

I know this is a repair type of channel but I was wondering if you'll ever do like a quick engine rebuild vid. Like talk about how and why you're honing exactly and putting the rings/pistons/bearings. Nothing crazy just sort of a refreshed engine.

[@DENicholsAutoBravado]

GigaDonk He does refresh a lot around cylinder heads.

[@briansmobile1]

GigaDonk I outsource a lot of that, but I'm game. The folks that do it I'm sure would condone a visit video. Let's do it!

[@GigaDonk]

Did you get high huffing all that gas?

[@briansmobile1]

GigaDonk No, I just had lots of exercise and a good diet at the time this was filmed.

[@GigaDonk]

Great episode though.