<VV> Strong smell of raw gas inside of car

WadeHalsey HiHal at adelphia.net
Sat Jun 25 22:18:42 EDT 2005


Russ Moorhouse wrote:

> After driving the car a good ten miles, I made a quick sharp right, 
> almost 180 turn and after that the smell of raw gasoline was very 
> strong in the car. 
>
> The gas in the tank was about half full when this started
>
> Russ Moorhouse 

It is likely that the hose that connects the filler pipe to the gas tank 
is leaking. Above about one half tank, gas sloshes up to this level as 
you drive and when it spills through the bad rubber connector, the 
excess gets in the fresh air system and then in your car.

Wade Halsey


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