I have a gas leak and we think it may be the gasket for the fuel pump...can you help me locate it?

Both the fuel pump and gas gage sending units are located inside the tank. They are accessed by a plate and gasket on top of the fuel tank.
If the gasket leaks or the hoses leading to the vent leak, your condition would happen. Unfortunately to confirm the tank would have to be dropped(removed) which requires all the fuel to be removed first. Not a pleasant nor easy task.

Basicaly your fuel pump located inside of gas tank, you have to lift and secure the vehicle high enough to lose and drop the gas tank!!
Before decided to do this make sure gas tank is near empty lift&secure the vehicle visual check around the gas tank make sure all fuel and evap lines are disconnected nothing hold the gas tank except holder brackets, use under jack and safely secure gas tank( do not use direct jack to gas tank use wooden piece to dont damage it)
use right size socket and wrench lose braket holdet nuts and bolts safely drop the tank and place on safe work place (no smokes or sparks)
locate to fuel pump and remove the locker pin and pull out fuel pump slowy your fuel pump should sale complete assembly so replace pump unit and be carefully complete wire connections (TIPS,,With new fuel pump make sure replace the sealing gasket with correct new one or you gonna have serivce engine light for small evap leak so make it right at first time!!))
reinstall eveything the way you removed it !!
good luck and make sure you gonna have helper around to drop the tank<

Fuel tankes have only one large acess on the top i sugest checkin the rubber gasket for cracks or perishing also check along the fuel lines for damp spots use your nose to locat the strongest area of gas then go from there hope this helps:)

You can try by changing the fuel filter it might be clogged up and the engine is starving of fuel, this is the the easiest and cheapest option to rule out first
Hope this helps
Steve

If there is fuel smell in the morning there is a possibility that there is a minute leak in the gaskets or the fuel line pipes or in the gas tank that makes the volatile fuel gas into the chamber.
It will be good to look from the tank to the fuel pump, the fuel filter and to the distribution for any gas leak which might need a tightening or a change of gasket.
Your smelling senses is the right tool to probe.

check the gasket. and return fuel line. or the filter maybe clogged. or u may have a puncture in the tank itselfor something is causing pressure to build up

WHAT GASKET? THE FUEL PUMP IS LOCATED INSIDE THE GAS TANK WHICH MUST BE REMOVED TO REPLACE THE FYUEL PUMP MODULE ASSEMBLY

do you have the same fuel economy as before or does you gas last less miles than before. if you can smell gas whether the car is running or NOT that means you have a leak in your fuel system if it was not a leak, you would not smell it when not running . first thing is check under vehicle after overnight parking and see if there is fuel on the ground if there is , this will give you a starting point where to look for gas leak. Plugged, dirty or poorly connected fuel injector; Leaking fuel filter or fuel filter connections; Punctured or damaged fuel tank; Loose or poorly connected fuel pump; Gas in gas can in trunk.

it is located in the fuel sending unit at the top of the tank. You have to remove the tank to get to it.

If the car is running fine but just has a lack of power it could verywell be something else. The pump by the way since somewhere in the 80's has been put inside the gas tank. The rule of thumb is that should it leak it will leak in the tank and not out in the street. Some cars have a hatch in the back or under the rear seats where you can access the fuel pump. Most cars however you have to remove the tank. Have the fuel pressure checked as well as change the fuel filter before replacing the pump.