Q: Fuel is leaking.
I was driving my 96 jeep Cherokee with a little less then 1/4 of a tank.of gas i accelerated then as i slowed down gas started to pour out of the bottom of the car
My car has 87000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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