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Re: I Smell GAS.. (archive)
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Posted by Gary on May 08, 2000 at 09:43:57:

In Reply to: I Smell GAS.. posted by Martin C on May 07, 2000 at 22:58:08:

: I just loaded gas and filled the tank like always but this time I drove straight home into the driveway. For the last three days I smell strong gasoline odors which prompted me to keep our garage door open.

: Nothing noticably obvious, gas cap tightly secured, no noticable gas leaking. One thing to note, the tank is really full (tapped off) but cap sealed.

: any ideas..

If you have checked in the obvious places...gascap, etc., then the culprit is likely the fuel level sensor or sender unit. Take your back seat out, remove two metal covers and check the hoses, tops of the units. In my case there were hairline craks in the fuel level sensor unit (Behind Driver) and had to replace the unit.

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