Pressure build up in fuel tank, 5kcstq

[Lawrence C Leung]

I found that the gas smell of my 200 finally stopped when I replaced the
injectors.

LL - NY

On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:39:53 -0700 DeWitt Harrison <de at aztek-eng.com>
writes:
>When I open the gas cap, I get a little rush of air indicating there
>is positive pressure in the fuel tank. This has been going on
>for so long, I can't really remember if it was ever greatly 
>different.
>The engine idles and runs well. Now, however, the pressure
>is apparently sufficient to push fumes past the gas cap seal
>and I get gas odor after stopping the car. No fuel leaks
>found after a thorough inspection.
>
>Significant improvement was realized by adding a thin rubber
>washer to the gas cap seal but I believe I'm still getting gas
>smells from somewhere. This suggests to me that something having
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