In car fuel odor - SOLVED

[Shawn Manny]

AS long as a sport quattro shows up in my driveway...thats fine with me Denis


On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:47:46 -0500, Denis <sparkplugvw at hotmail.com> wrote:
>  hahahahaha ouch , must burn but its very effective , you ll attract 4 wheels sport nice lookin 4wheels  females :-). But they all have the same name , Audi Quattro :-)
>  Ðenis
>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From: Shawn Manny
>    To: Denis
>    Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 9:10 AM
>    Subject: Re: In car fuel odor - SOLVED
> 
>    mine is race gas.....i splash a bit behind the ears before a date
> 
>    On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:13:36 -0500, Denis <sparkplugvw at hotmail.com> wrote:
>    >  My favorite parfum is 94 octane fuel, my girlffriend love it... as well use as after shave :-)
>    >
>    >  Ðenis
>    >    ----- Original Message -----
>    >    From: Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com
>    >    To: urq at audifans.com ; quattro at audifans.com
>    >    Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 3:18 PM
>    >    Subject: In car fuel odor - SOLVED
>    >
>    >    4000, Quattro and Coupe GT owners, rejoice!
>    >    You too can drive a (fuel) smell-free car now.
>    >
>    >    After many years of fuel smell in my car, after replacing all the rubber
>    >    lines going from and to the fuel tank, after checking the tank itself for a
>    >    pinhole leak, after replacing the o-ring that squeezes the rubber boot
>    >    around the filler neck, after checking all the grommets in the firewall and
>    >    the trunk flor, I said to myself : "it's just the natural odor of the car,
>    >    can't do much about it".
>    >
>    >    Wrong.
>    >
>    >    I forgot an important (but nearly invisible) part: the fuel cap gasket!
>    >    When fuel reach the end of the fill tube (during spirited driving :-)) ) it
>    >    just get past the old worn gasket and drips slowly in the trunk.
>    >
>    >    I still have the OEM locking metal gas cap, and the gasket in there was
>    >    similar to a flat rubber washer. I ordered 811 201 557A (10$CAN) and what I
>    >    got is a dual lip molded gasket, where the cross section is a lot like a V.
>    >    No wonder why the old gasket was not fuel tight anymore.
>    >
>    >    Now Honey won't say that my car has that "special" smell...
>    >
>    >    HTH,
>    >
>    >    Louis-Alain
>    >    1983 Quattro
>    >
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