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Every time I put my car on parking, the whole garage smells like gas for about 30 minutes. I have look under the car and I can see gasoline on the floor. I wonder if the fuel line clip fell off.
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Possible fuel tank leak. Is the smell inside the car? If so there is an inspection cover under the back seat. If outside mist likely the fuel tank filler neck us rusted and leaking.
First advice: do not park the car in the garage until you've found the cause of the smell and fixed the leak. It takes very little gasoline vapour in a confined space to form an explosive mixture which could be detonated by a small static spark.
if gasoline fumes, do not drive it , or park in any garage,
id park it , in a field of yugos. LOL but seriously ,
so find a mech that knows how to find either gas leaks or bad venting.
we always assume the worse leaks. (see why?safety)
Open the gas fill door, remove the gas cap and smell the gas fill tube area. If it has a kerosene like smell then you may have filled it with diesel fuel. If so select your favorite garage to drain the tank and flush the fuel system to remove the diesel. This vehicle should run on any type of gasoline so I suspect the fluid you put in was not gasoline.
i had the same problem with my car it was the fuel sender. most places dont sell just the sender. i had to buy the whole fuel pump. be cautious some fuel pumps dont even come with the sender.
you need to take dealership have your evaporative emission control system check.also check the fuel pressure regulator for gas leak.most of the time the o - ring will leak.cause gas fume smells
Fuel economy is the same, it doesn't seem to be using more fuel? You need to have this checked out asap. Gas fumes are highly explosive, and a slight spark can set it off. Do not park the car inside a garage (fumes can build up, and just turning on a light switch in the garage can trigger an explosion). You may have a leak at an o-ring on one of the injectors, or somewhere along the fuel line. Gasoline evaporates rather quickly, so it may be a little difficult to locate. So, I agree, it may be the injectors (o-rings?), but not the lifters. Be careful, let me know what you find.
I recently had the same problem. It turned out that the fuel regulator on the engine at the left side just above the intake manifold had an intermitent leak. The gas leaking was not always visible so I had the regulator changed and that solved the problem.
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