Whenever I turn on the heat and it's really cold outside I get gas fumes through the vents. It's so strong we have to roll the windows down, get warm and turn them back off. Then the smell is outside of the car once I park it and lingers for a while. It's in my clothes and everything.
When it's very cold outside, people tend to close all doors & windows (to keep the cold out & the heat in).
The problem is that no fresh air can come in to replace the oxygen that is being burnt up. The lesser the oxygen, the stronger the smell of gas (that can't be burnt without oxygen, but is still forced out of the pressurised cylinder).
The solution may well be to slightly open two windows (or a door) on opposite sides of the room with the gas heater, in order to provide cross-ventilation of fresh air.
Without the introduction of fresh air, the room will become filled with gas instead (hence the strong smell), and you could become unconscious (with no air left to breathe) and suffocate.
You need to act fast as your current setup is very dangerous.
Contact your emergency gas people ,you have a serious problem and if left can kill,seek professional assistance now.
SOURCE: exhaust fumes coming through heater vents
YOU HAVE AN EXHAUST LEAK ON THE FRONT END OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM.GET THAT FIXED ASAP! THAT IS CARBON MONOXIDE!
SOURCE: I'm smelling gas fumes outside my car. I can
vapor recovery system, should clear itself, some liquid fuel got into the vapor system. Avoid topping off the fuel tank.
SOURCE: Smell of gas fumes underneath vehicle near fuel tank
I have a VOLVO XC90 2004 and it started to have that bad fuel smell in the garage. My wife brought it to the dealer and while I was researching, I found that it has a recall pending from th NHTSA website. I told the dealer about this they said it does not have a recall. Called Volvo North America and they said they have not released the recall but they will in February 2010. Too make it short, the rep called the dealer and explained to them to replace it for free for there will be a recall on it. The hassle to deal with the service advisor is worth it cause I did my due diligence and got the fix for free. :>
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