fuel smell?

[jene]

So this seems odd to me.... when it gets really cold at night (35 degrees or lower) and i wake up in the morning and start my car i get a strong gas smell and it even goes into the driver cockpit it is so bad.... so I will go drop the kids off at school, come home and the car sits for a few hours before i drive it again. when i drive it again.. NO GAS SMELL! it seems to be only when it is cold out that this happens... and so far only the first start of the day.. maybe because it warms up outside during the day?? not sure... or a "first start" issue...??????

[3X00-Modified]

Check the purge canister line that goes back down behind the coils to the purge solenoid. If that's not hooked up properly you could be smelling the vapor coming from the fuel tank. Mine had a bad gas smell and I found that was disconnected, hooked it back up and it went away.

[Money pit Beretta]

Do you have a plastic tank?

[3X00-Modified]

IIRC she is a 94 or 95, so no she wouldn't have a plastic one.

[jene]

96

[Money pit Beretta]

Got ya, had to ask because it's been a long time. Cracked vapor canistor? Just an idea.

[jene]

wouldnt it smell of gas all the time then? not just in the cold mornings?

[jene]

found it this morning.... before when i looked i didnt see any gas leak but today it was extremely clear it is the regulator! but again.. only when its cold does it leak.... o ring busted maybe and it expands and contracts with heat? not sure but i found the issue and now can fix it...

[Money pit Beretta]

Cool. That could have been very bad.

[heavywoody]

There is a rubber diaphragm type thing in the regulator... cracks exposed when it was shrunk (cold), and disappeared when it warmed up.

[jene]

That's what I was stinkin thinkin! Lol