moosens Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Car has been ours for at least a year and a half plus. Original owner let it sit after typical light use. Then a young guy got his hands on it and you could tell he pulled it out of vegetation and also didn't know jack dook about the car. But his buddy helped him and this same guy acted as his agent and dealt with me , he told me how they were chasing fuel issues etc. When we got it home I went through the fuel pump and replaced it and generally checked the pickup and float etc. This because the car with half a tank or less would sometimes want to stall. But that was all many months ago. So what could be causing an old gas smell now? Canister ? To me it seems to be more stronger in smell from around the drivers side of the engine bay up closer to the windshield. Checked those lines feeding and returning and breathing and they all seem fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickytrus Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Your refer to an "old gas smell"...... Meaning Stale old gas odor?????? and have you been driving the vehicle????? (steadily or is it sitting sometimes) How long have had the vehicle.... how many miles have you put on the vehicle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Aged gasoline odor. Sits sometimes lately , say the last 3 months was used about 10 days worth of daily type driving and a few random short runs. My opening line refers to term of ownership. About a year and a half or so. It was driven daily until springtime this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 check fuel filler for pinholes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickytrus Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 If your not using it as a daily driver. Consider throw fuel stabilizer in it..... and Don't know where you are parking it? but, if it is in the sun..... that is not good.... and then if it is under trees then you want to be concerned of other things.(not sure of your locale) I often wonder, if when vehicle has had gas go bad previously in it... if there is an accelerated likely hood of it happening again.... I would run the tank down to near empty if you can...... and then put like a gallon in it... and run that down..... do that a couple of times.... and then decide how much gas you want to put in the tank and put in the proper amount of fuel stabilizer..... NOW,,,,, if you happen to live where you can get 91 octane that has no Alcohol in it......... just exclusively use that fuel........(but use up the other gas.... then do gallon thing with the 91) no stabilizer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 check fuel filler for pinholes? Fuel filler ? Or fuel filter ? I’ll double check but I’m pretty sure both are fine. Car is parked in the sun , over pavement not dirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) filler, behind the plastic cover. they rust-out youtube.com/watch?v=Gra1QgMVkBc] Edited November 7, 2017 by 1 Lucky Texan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 Yeah I actually have replaced those. And have a new one waiting in case. But that’s not the issue , or I’d not be able to fill the tank. It’s an old stale fuel smell. Not a new fresh gas smell. It’s most noticeable around the front of the car by the drivers side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 could it smell like rank grease? maybe inner cv boot is split??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartless Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 just gonna throw this out there... fuel filter? that sits on the drivers side in the engine bay... just a thought 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 (edited) just gonna throw this out there... fuel filter? that sits on the drivers side in the engine bay... just a thought yeah, I had to go through a few fuel connections last winter to stop a smell from under the hood on our 03. Never really saw any fuel and will be monitoring the car again this winter but, 'something' I tighened helped last winter. Just used a straight and an 'offset' philips screwdriver and 10-15 minutes. Edited November 8, 2017 by 1 Lucky Texan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 Geez , I just replaced the fuel filter , but I sure will check again. Just took the car out and can’t really smell it now. Thanks guys ! If it persists I’ll post back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartless Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 make sure everything is tight.. not unusual to miss snugging up one of the clamps, lol (ask me how I know) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted November 10, 2017 Author Share Posted November 10, 2017 Oh I know. And let’s not talk about leftover bolts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Just found my leaking fuel line on my 2000 OBS yesterday at the gas station. Short 2" section under the main fuel line connection on the engine. I'll replace it today. I've been looking for a couple of weeks. Finally saw the wet hose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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