[s-cars] fuel vapor on warm days

[Mark Strangways]

There is a valve and a hose attached to the bottom of the charcoal canister,
which is ofcourse in the right front fender.
The hose I believe discharges before the wheel, but I am not going out to my
car to confirm that.

There is a chance that the valve is failed or failing and dumping the
contents of the canister at the wrong times.
Or it is operating normally, but I have never smelled gas around any S car
that I have seen.

Mark S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Dohnal" <wd1 at hevanet.com>
To: "S-car list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>; <marcweiner at comcast.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 11:14 PM
Subject: [s-cars] fuel vapor on warm days


> >There is a tube that runs under the passenger side of the car that vents
> fuel vapor on warm days .......
>
> Thanks for the tip.  I need to find this tube and see if that's where my
> fuel smell is coming from.  I've had the S-car for 2-1/2 years, and I
often
> smell gas when I park, usually on a hot day.  I also pick it up sometimes
in
> the cabin when stopped in traffic on a hot day.  (I've rehearsed a fast
> evacuation plan in my mind a number of times).   I can't count how many
> times I've stuck my nose under the hood or under the car in the garage and
> in parking lots trying to find a leak.  The only thing I'm confident of is
> that the smell isn't originating under the hood.  I usually get the
biggest
> noseful from the right rear wheel well.  With all the searching, I have
> never been able to find the slightest trace of liquid gas anywhere near
the
> fuel lines or the mountings.
>
> Wayne Dohnal
> 1994 S4
>
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