[V8] fuel smell

[D Morralee]

Happy American Thanks Giving to My American V8 Friends....... do I smell gas or is the turkey burning . superdave 
 
> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:46:06 -0500
> From: fatboy03 at gmail.com
> To: ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com
> CC: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] fuel smell
> 
> Ingo,
> No that hadn't been brought up.But after looking at it for a few minutes,
> directly under the FPR their is a bolt/nut missing that screws down into the
> manifold. The gas is just sitting down in there in that part of the
> manifold. There is 5-6 other bolts just like that on different places in the
> manifold. The manual calls them fuel manifold bolts. Where would I find one
> of those? And is that most likely the culprit?
> 
> Almost time to eat some turkey :)
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Curtis
> 
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com
> > wrote:
> 
> > Sorry to jump in so late. Sounds like you either have a cracked/broken hose
> > to the carbon canister or maybe the valve is not functioning properly.
> > That's where the carbon canister resides.
> >
> > If that's already been discussed - my apologies.
> >
> > Ingo
> > On Nov 25, 2010 11:44 AM, "Curtis Helton" <fatboy03 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > It's definitely coming from the engine bay. On the right side if you were
> > > sitting in the car.
> > >
> > > Getting ready to dig into it right now.
> > >
> > > Happy Turkey Day guys!!
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Curtis Helton <fatboy03 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> LMAO....Nice write up Bryan.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for the tips.....I was thinking along those lines. Would worn
> > fuel
> > >> injector seals be a culprit? Also, when it's cold out, it's alot worse.
> > Why
> > >> would that be?
> > >>
> > >> Yes, I'm sure we will have a few beers, wrench a little then go sit down
> > >> and gorge ourselves..LOL
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for the recipe, but I don't cook. LOL
> > >>
> > >> The inlaws do the cooking. They maybe insulted if I tried to cook
> > >> something. :)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Thanks alot you all for all the replys. I'm going to check it out when
> > he
> > >> comes over in the morning. In the mean time, I'm going to let him drive
> > one
> > >> of my cars until it's fixed.
> > >> I'remember reading on here about several v8s burning to the ground. :(
> > >>
> > >> Curtis
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Bryan Kamerer <kamerer at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> bad fuel smell
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Maybe get fresh fuel so it smells better? I hate the smell of spoiled
> > >>> gasoline. Personally I have never encountered a "bad" fuel smell
> > myself, I
> > >>> love the smell of gasoline. It smells like, .... "Victory" I think.
> > >>> Especially mixed with little flakes of aluminum oxide and pectin...
> > >>>
> > >>> Ok, once I admit, I do recall a "bad" fuel smell. But that was in a
> > strip
> > >>> club one night, where it was totally not situationally appropriate.
> > Turns
> > >>> out a Buddhist stripper was about to protest the working conditions,
> > but in
> > >>> a really self-destructive way...
> > >>>
> > >>> OK, back to reality. There are a number of possibilities but the real
> > >>> deal is with two of you, diagnosing it will be easy - one can crank
> > while
> > >>> the other sniffs around. Gasoline evaporates quickly enough that a
> > minor
> > >>> leak "high up" can fall on something else and then evaporate before it
> > >>> leaves a trail on the ground. So look more intently up on the fuel
> > >>> rails/intake area more intently. If there was a minor leak there, it
> > would
> > >>> get sucked into the cabin more easily, then evaporate against the hot
> > engine
> > >>> before it hit the ground. More likely a loose connector/connection than
> > a
> > >>> split line. Kill the spark so it doesn't fire, then it will be easier
> > to
> > >>> spot.
> > >>>
> > >>> A great Thanksgiving is always wrenching a bit and solving something
> > >>> arcane but not horribly complicated, then sitting down to a great meal.
> > I
> > >>> recall a few years ago on Thanksgiving: my dad, me, my '94 Harley Dyna
> > >>> Glide, and a loose primary balancer bolt. Then my Tennessee
> > grandmother's
> > >>> cornbread dressing and a deep fried Turkey. Awesome. Looks like you and
> > >>> your son will have a great holiday. And if you need a recipe for real
> > >>> southern cornbread dressing, email me privately. I got it. Happy
> > holidays.
> > >>>
> > >>> Bryan
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Curtis Helton <fatboy03 at gmail.com
> > >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.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Any ideas?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> He's going to bring it over this weekend and I'm going to take a peek
> > at
> > >>>> it.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks,
> > >>>> Curtis
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