Gas smell from front of car

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DavidH - 24 Mar 2007 14:19 GMT

My 88 GT has a strong gas smell from the front of the car after I shut
it off. It runs fine and gets okay gas mileage although it usually
stalls when I first start it in the morning. Is this vapor canister
issues? I bought a used one that was supposed to be good, but that
didn't fix it. Thanks

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Nomen Lapetos - 24 Mar 2007 16:57 GMT

> My 88 GT has a strong gas smell from the front of the car after I shut
> it off. It runs fine and gets okay gas mileage although it usually
> stalls when I first start it in the morning. Is this vapor canister
> issues? I bought a used one that was supposed to be good, but that
> didn't fix it. Thanks

check the rubber connecting hoses.
I had a L shaped one hose to the canister that discrinagrated with age on a
93.
it is a vaccume leak too

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dwight - 24 Mar 2007 19:30 GMT

>> My 88 GT has a strong gas smell from the front of the car after I shut
>> it off. It runs fine and gets okay gas mileage although it usually
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> a 93.
> it is a vaccume leak too

In my case, it was a leaking intake manifold gasket. Yuck.

dwight

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Ironrod - 28 Mar 2007 00:57 GMT

It's also possible that you have an injector going bad (leaking) look for
signs of fuel leaking from the top of the injector's vent hole.

> >> My 88 GT has a strong gas smell from the front of the car after I shut
> >> it off. It runs fine and gets okay gas mileage although it usually
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>
> dwight

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