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Leads for a fuel smell from drivers rear while running (not coming from top of tank)?
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05-23-2024, 06:55 AM | #1 |
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Leads for a fuel smell from drivers rear while running (not coming from top of tank)?
So last night pulling into garage STRONG fuel smell coming from the drivers side wheel well. Eventually could smell it everywhere but initially its definitely presenting from the drivers side.
Details: Had just had a long day of driving back and forth, no big impacts or bumps I noticed though. Tank is only at 1/4 full. Only when running. Left her parked outside last night and only a faint smell, pulled it back in to check it out and immediately strong smell again. Pulled the back seat and the covers and they are dusty but appear bone dry. However did get a strong smell from the drivers side cover for the filter (again though, no signs of wetness or bubbling or anything, just vapors) No errors in the fuel system, engine, etc. Running well. About the fly the car to start tearing apart the covers to see whats going on in there but was hoping someone had some experiences of things to poke at. |
05-23-2024, 07:20 PM | #2 |
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90% guess it's the charcoal filter and solenoid/valve tucked up behind the rear wheel. Very easy to access and check, just pull the rear tire and the cover behind it. I grabbed a used one from the wrecker, but there are cheap ones on Amazon as well. It's a non-integral part, so I went cheap with it and have had zero problems after that.
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05-23-2024, 08:49 PM | #4 |
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Sooo finally found out it actually was the filter/regulator. I don't know why it looked dry last night. I had just come off the highway, maybe airflow was evaporating it and it would drain back down.
This morning I finally got it to flood the top, stationary and it running a while. Got a new one in, just waiting on the pump assembly as well since you have to remove it |
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