# 1998 Cadillac STS leaking fuel pump

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-cadillac-sts-leaking-fuel-pump/113522>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [March 11, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-cadillac-sts-leaking-fuel-pump/113522 "2018-03-11T23:22:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![RobertBrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@RobertBrown](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RobertBrown)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-cadillac-sts-leaking-fuel-pump/113522/1 "2018-03-11T23:22:10Z")

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Fuel leaking from fuel pump onto the street when starting

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-cadillac-sts-leaking-fuel-pump/113522/2 "2018-03-11T23:27:21Z")

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Are you sure it’s the pump?

Could also be a line/hose, I would think

only when starting?

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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-cadillac-sts-leaking-fuel-pump/113522/3 "2018-03-12T15:34:55Z")

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I presume you have a rotted fuel line. This would be understandable for a 1998 if it lives in the rust belt.

You will have to get under and find the leaky line and replace the bad section after inspecting the rest of the line. You may be replacing all the way from the fuel pump to where it comes in under the engine compartment.

Yosemite