Re: fuel smell/CQ

["Matt Rooke" <mrooke@fcpa.fujitsu.com>]

>Anyone have any previous experience with interior fuel leakage smell in a CQ?
>
>I've isolated it to the fuel filler in the back of the hatch. Before I tear
>into things, I wanted to ask the experts if there's any BTDT.
>
>It smells especially bad after I fill it all the way up.

I've noticed this, but only if I fill up near home and immediately park the
car in the garage.  If there is a few miles driving in between, there is no
smell.  My car has behaved this way for years.  I've assumed it is due to
gas being in the filler tube, but that is just a guess.  As for the filter,
I'm familiar with the canister filter underneath the car on the drivers side
just forward of the rear axle.  Is there another one that I've never replaced?

Matt Rooke
'91cq