[s-cars] fuel smell

[Calvin Young]

Ian, Audi will fix this for free.  I have had it done.  Is your car
registered with them?  If it was, they will send you a card to bring the
card in.  

Cal

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:05:04 +1300
From: Ian McKee <ian.mckee at tait.co.nz>
Subject: [s-cars]  Unlocatable fuel-like smell
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My 96 S6 also has a fuel smell - mostly when colder, and very noticeable
inside the car. I have traced it to a very minute leak on one end of the
metal fuel line as it runs across the top of the firewall inside the
engine bay where the line meets the braided hoses to become flexible to
go to the fuel filter. When the smell is present, I can feel a very
small amount of fuel at this junction, and I can very slightly twist the
braided hose on the metal pipe and make it better or worse. I haven't
fixed it yet ( does anyone have any ideas!), but was planning on talking
to a hose doctor who may be able to crimp the fitting a little more.

Ian