[urq] In car fuel odor - SOLVED

[Thatcher Hubbard]

Interesting, I've noticed a slight fuel smell every time I ever fill
my car up.  I tend to drive it till it's about empty and then fill it,
so it's a reliable occurance.  I guess in my case it could be the
extra gas that comes out of the pump nozzle but doesn't end up in
actual filler pipe.  I'll have to give that a try.


On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:18:19 -0500,
Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com
<Louis-Alain_Richard at computerhorizons.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 4000, Quattro and Coupe GT owners, rejoice!
> You too can drive a (fuel) smell-free car now.
> 
> After many years of fuel smell in my car, after replacing all the rubber
> lines going from and to the fuel tank, after checking the tank itself for a
> pinhole leak, after replacing the o-ring that squeezes the rubber boot
> around the filler neck, after checking all the grommets in the firewall and
> the trunk flor, I said to myself : "it's just the natural odor of the car,
> can't do much about it".
> 
> Wrong.
> 
> I forgot an important (but nearly invisible) part: the fuel cap gasket!
> When fuel reach the end of the fill tube (during spirited driving :-)) ) it
> just get past the old worn gasket and drips slowly in the trunk.
> 
> I still have the OEM locking metal gas cap, and the gasket in there was
> similar to a flat rubber washer. I ordered 811 201 557A (10$CAN) and what I
> got is a dual lip molded gasket, where the cross section is a lot like a V.
> No wonder why the old gasket was not fuel tight anymore.
> 
> Now Honey won't say that my car has that "special" smell...
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Louis-Alain
> 1983 Quattro
> 
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