Gasoline Smell

[Michael, Dave]

We had a very similar problem on our 90 200 qa. The smell would occur
only after the car sat for ~5 minutes after driving  till it was warm.
With the  help of folks in this group, I determined that it was leaky
injectors. 5 new injectors later, problem totally fixed (only problem is
that injectors have gone from $10.00 each to $50.00 each in the last 8
years).

Hope that helps

Dave




Max Hoepli <mhoepli at vif.com> wrote:
    Hello all

    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. Fuel consumption seems to be as usual. 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? Gas smell and hard
starting when engine is hot may be unrelated.

    Max