For you. Get some friends to verify or help?

 

The following can be done in under a minute. Hardly worth driving to a dealer and wasting all that time driving and talking and filling out paperwork and back and forth and dealing with no t having your car IMO.

 

1. Pop the engine hood

2. Check Under front center and rear of vehicle

 

Is it more noticeable in one of these areas than others? If it's really strong then it'll be more obvious close to the leak.

 

3. Is it more noticeable when ambient temps are hot or cold?

 

4. Is it more noticeable after sitting or driving?

 

5. Look around the engine and simply follow the fuel lines and look for wetness.

Edited March 26, 20179 yr by grossgary

My 01 had the same fuel stink on startup. The colder the outside temp the worse it was. Thanks to the forum here I checked the fuel filter clamps and each one took between an 1/8 and a 1/4 turn. Stink is gone. 5 minutes and a JIS screwdriver...

Had the same problem with my 02 outback in cold weather and the fix was the same.