[V8] fuel smell

[NIck Miller]

Dude don't let him drive it... that's how mine burned down.  Yikes.

Id be all over the cross over lines under the intake cover.  Take the intake
off before testing so you can see them and the fuel rail feed.   Im betting
its an injector or line above the intake manifold.  I'm worried about any
smell of fuel these days in an audi.
On Nov 24, 2010 4:15 PM, "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> 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"
>
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