C5 hard start - gasoline smell

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Keith - 02 Jun 2006 10:33 GMT

Off to the service place today. Suddenly the 1997 C5 is hard to start,
have to crank maybe 4-6 seconds instead of the usual instant, and I'm
getting a raw gasoline smell. Any ideas what to look for? The car was
just serviced at the dealer, 100,000 mile tuneup, flush injectors, etc.
I'm guessing they screwed something up, since it was fine before.

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Dad - 02 Jun 2006 16:34 GMT

> Off to the service place today. Suddenly the 1997 C5 is hard to
> start,
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> etc.
> I'm guessing they screwed something up, since it was fine before.

Just a guess by what you're saying, check the valve cap looking
fitting on the fuel rail to see if it is loose/leaking. Then again the
'97 has an external fuel filter and threaded joints that could be
loose or botched if they changed that and they should have. Check for
the raw gas smell just inside the left rear wheel and forward a bit.
By the way if that is leaking it is doing it on the exhaust pipe. In
other words if you have driven it until it is hot and then crank it
very long you may be in for a situation you don't need or want.

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Keith - 05 Jun 2006 14:13 GMT

Service shop figured it out. The dealer had changed the fuel filter at
the last service. When they put the new one in, they left the old
o-rings in and installed it with the new o-rings as well... too many
o-rings caused the leak. It's fixed fine now, but I'll never return to
the dealer again. Too many screw-ups there and trying to sell
unnecessary stuff. The dealer is Frede Chevrolet in Clear Lake, TX, by
the way.

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'Key - 05 Jun 2006 20:32 GMT

> Service shop figured it out. The dealer had changed the
> fuel filter at
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> Lake, TX, by
> the way.

if you really feel you have a problem with service ?
you should contact GM's complaint department.
http://www.chevrolet.com/contactus/

g'day

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Keith - 06 Jun 2006 12:54 GMT

Thanks for that link... I'll use it.

> if you really feel you have a problem with service ?
> you should contact GM's complaint department.
> http://www.chevrolet.com/contactus/

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