Strong Fuel Smell.... Options

[quadracerx]

My 76 Red car got converted to dual Webers before I bought it...Since ive owned it, it has always had a VERY strong fuel smell after running it for awhile....It has the expansion tank still on it. If it sits for a couple days no smell....checked lines and tunnel and no visible leaks...no leaks under car....Im stumped...

HELP the smell is so bad that it lingers long after shutting the car down......It even makes my clothes smell just from running the car...

Thanks again, everyone (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Steve

[r_towle]

Here is what has been done with no issues.
At the tank, you can block off one of the two large lines for the evap system and take a large hose and drop it down below the car through the same hole that the fresh air drip tray hose exits the car.

This is old school and it uses the venturi affect to suck the fumes out of the tank.
I dont recommend not having an expansion tank or some way to remove those fumes from the tank or you could have an issue on a hot day that expands the tank and "pops" it due to to much pressure.

It needs to breath somehow....all tanks have a way to do this...take a look. Mowers have a valve in the cap, a pressure release valve.

What you want is to get the fumes out of the front trunk and really, out of the car.

the hose below the car is how it was done up till the early 70,s when people realised this is not good for the environment.

To do it with a clear consience you would need to retain both hoses and have the fan still blow air through the charcoal and have the other hose (the return) attach to the air cleaner on one or both of your carbs.

Rich