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If it were in the exhaust you would know it real quick from the loud bang.
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joel
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
If it were in the exhaust you would know it real quick from the loud bang. |
Very funny.
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joel
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I've tried all of them, including the charcoal. The only thing I can narrow it down to is the driver side rear of the
car (around the rear wheel). The only thing near there (the tank, filter, gas cap are on the other side) is the muffler.
I'm going to take it to another mechanic for a second opinion when he has time.
It seem the consensus is that it can't be the muffler, no? I was thinking that maybe there is too much fuel being injected so that some of it is not
being burned off -- but then it should be backfiring.
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Just thinking out loud here:
One thing to try, is replace the gas tank fill cap...
If the cap is not venting (creating built up pressure) ... or is venting too much... Either way you could smell gas.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by jeans
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
I was sitting at a light once when I smelled gas. The engine started to sputter and I goosed the gas a little and it literally blew up.
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Best laugh I have had this week----------thank you, Jeans.
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me too!
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Woooosh,
I know this post is old, if you have already figured this out disregard. Yes it could be in the exhaust. I am not familiar with this motor, but in
general the fuel pressure regulator is a good place to start. If applicable pull the vacuum hose and look for fuel, if it is there, replace. Next
pull the plugs and look for fuel fouling on the plugs. Do you have a miss? How is the mileage? It could have a dead cylinder pushing unburnt fuel
into the exahust. If the Cat is gone or not up to temp it will run out the tail pipe, if the cat is working it will burn up in the cat, you will
smell gas but never see it.
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Watch a NASCAR race,
every race you will see someone spin or crash, kill the engine and a very large lick of flame will come up off the exhaust pipes. (mind you, they
don't have mufflers, and the exhaust exits from the headers directly out from under the passenger door)
That is the unburned fuel that has passed by the system, and the hot pipes ignite it.
Best way to snuff it , simply fire up the engine and it will blow out the flame.
But, that gas is getting burned up immediately while the motor is running, so you would not smell it unless the engine suddenly died.
IMO
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Thanks again for all of the input. The gas smell has gone away on it's own -- really. I had several people check over weeks and they all smelled gas,
then it was gone. The only thing that was done to the car that I can think would effect it was that the muffler wasn't fully connected and was
re-attached about 10 days before the gas smell went away.
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