[V8] fuel smell

[Kent McLean]

Curtis Helton wrote:
 > My sons 90 v8q lately has a bad fuel smell on startup. It doesn't leak any
 > gas on the ground anywhere. He said it's hard to tell where the smell is
 > coming from.

Besides the obvious places (connections under the hood and at the tank),
a place now becoming common is the metal line between the tank and the
engine. In snow-belt states, salt gets under the rubber bushings where
it is attached under the chassis and eats through the line. Look for
dampness at the rubber bushings.

Anticipating the next question if the line is bad, I'll suggest that
some people have spliced rubber fuel injection line at the bad points.

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Kent McLean
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
gone: 1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
gone: 1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"