[s-cars] Gas smell when hard on throttle?

[Igor Kessel]

Alvin Labonite wrote:
> Gas smell is gone. I jb welded the broken bleeder valve (plastic) and 
> did some hard runs - no more smell from the cabin and even under the 
> hood.  yippeee!
> 
> On 10/18/06, *Igor Kessel* <KBATPO at comcast.net 
> <mailto:KBATPO at comcast.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Robert Rossato wrote:
>      >>From the best I can tell looking through the Family Album, my guess
>      > would be that it is the bleeder valve for the charcoal canister
>     system.
>      > Part number 4A0 201 096.  I'm assuming it's dealer only.
>      >
>      > If the dealer is too pricey you may want to source one at a junk
>     yard.
>      > It's common to all NA market 100/A6/S4/S6, from '93-'97.  The
>     '90-'91
>      > Coupe quattro also apparently used it.
>      >
>      > Bob
>      >
>      >> -----Original Message-----
>      >> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>     <mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com>
>      >> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>     <mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com>] On Behalf Of Alvin Labonite
>      >> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 2:13 AM
>      >> To: S-CAR-List at audifans.com <mailto:S-CAR-List at audifans.com>
>      >> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Gas smell when hard on throttle?
>      >>
>      >>
>      >> It looks like I found the source of the smell. Any idea what
>      >> this is and
>      >> where to get this part?
>      >>
>      > http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/139763.phtml
>      >
>      >
>      > On 10/17/06, Alvin Labonite < alabonite at gmail.com
>     <mailto:alabonite at gmail.com>> wrote:
>      >> it's definitely noticeable/smellable :) inside the cabin when
>     hard on
>      > the
>      >> pedal which I noticed at lunch time today. I popped the hood
>     open adn
>      > it
>      >> seemed to be coming from the passeger side between the headlight and
>      > the
>      >> airbox. I can see a fuel line behind the airbox that goes underneath
>      > but not
>      >> sure where its going to. I will investigate when I get home
>     tonight.
>      > Any
>      >> ideas befoe then?
>      >>
>      >> TIA
>      >>
>      >> Alvin
> 
>     How interesting! That might explain the enriched mixture/aromatic
>     hydrocarbon smell at WOT in my car.
> 
>     -- 
>     Igor Kessel
>     two turbo quattros

Thank you, Alvin! That is encouraging indeed.
I'll be checking mine shortly.


-- 
Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros