Gasoline Smell

[John S. Lagnese]

I had a similar problem on my 87 16V Scirocco. This turned out to be the 
accumulator.
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at mindspring.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: Gasoline Smell


> Max Hoepli wrote:
>> 1986 Audi 5000 Turbo Quattro. there is a gas smell I detect
>> when coming out of the car, strong on the left side of car.
>> There is no gasoline dripping from car.
>
> It doesn't have to drip to smell.  A common problem with the
> older cars is that the fuel line, under the rubber bushings
> under the clips that hold the line to the undercarriage,
> gets corroded by trapped water and salt. It starts as a
> small leak.  And when it does let loose a drip, that drip
> evaporates quickly.
>
>> When car is hot engine needs to be cranked over 10-15 secs.
>> Cranks over strongly. Then huffs and puffs and engine gains
>> speed slowly while I hold gas pedal down. What could the
>> problems be?
>
> IIRC, the 200s had an afterrun fan to cool the injectors
> (using an easily broken and hard to find plastic piece),
> so the fuel wouldn't boil away and cause hard starting.
> Is that an issue with/your the 5000?
>
>> Gas smell and hard starting when engine is hot may be
>> unrelated.
>
> That would be my guess.  Unless the gas leak is a loose
> fitting under the hood -- maybe a rubber fuel line that
> is leaking and allowing the fuel line pressure to drop.
> But that wouldn't be a hot-only issue, unless the heat
> cause the rubber to swell/relax to allow the leak.
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
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