[V8] fuel smell

Thu Nov 25 11:17:50 PST 2010

Got plates for the V8 here yesterday. Went for a cruise in the snow and just 
smelled oil burning....it's not bad,  drove great.

We had a porsche 928 ignite a pool of fuel in the "Vee". Keep an ext handy. 
Good luck

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D Morralee" <superdaveski at hotmail.com>
To: <fatboy03 at gmail.com>; "Ingo Rautenberg" <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
Cc: "audi fan" <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [V8] fuel smell

>
> 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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