When i first start my Acura EL i get a strong smell of gasoline inside the vehicle. It somewhat dissipates after i`m driving for awhile.

Is check engine light on while driving also? The evaporative system, and fuel system on these vehicles (OBDII) are very sensitive.If there was any damage or something mistakenly left undone on this system , the check engine light without a doubt would be on sensing a leak.

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first of course is to look for leaks second, get the emissions and recirculation canister and related stuff looked at..be careful here because this could ultimately explode in the garage..park it outide if nessecary...and dont overfill the cars' tank,, too many people do this and get fuel inside all the overflow tubes..not a good thing.. fill until the hose turns off once and stop....good luck...

Try a mechanic immediately because this problem can cause severe damages.

Check under the hood on the side of the fuel rail, the fuel pressure regulator value, this is a common problem.

If I were you ,I would remove the plentum and make sure the injectors are not leaking onto the intake manifold and creating a pocket of fuel,witch could cause a engine fire while driving.

Air intake not adjusting correctly or is there a manual cold weather lever on the air intake pipes on these?
lamda sensors on exhaust? you might get an answer from the ecu if you plug it into a diagnostic machine. I'd take it to a garage

If it is running fine, the busted bolt isn't the source of the gasoline smell. The intake manifold has vacuum, so the smell wouldn't be getting out, air would be going in, and a vacuum leak would give you poor idling. The exhaust manifold wouldn't have much raw gasoline smell. But it would have loud noise if the broken bolt were causing an exhaust leak.

Check that the vapor recovery line is not broken or disconnected. The hose connectors get cracked. If that were broken, it would cause a gasoline smell after the car has been sitting, especially if it has been sitting in the sun, heat driving gasoline vapor out of the tank. It is supposed to condense in the vapor canister, but some escapes if the line is broken. If it is broken, driving would **** out the gasoline from the line and the wind would dissipate the smell.

Or it could be a leaking injector. With the injector cover off, engine idling and cool, you can visually look for raw gas around the injectors and injector rail connections.

Hope this helps.

we call these vehicles exploders.. lol
sounds like a fuel delivery issue, does it throw a check engine warning?

Don't know this car but from the age, I'd start looking for damaged fuel or vapor recovery hoses