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| BCinSC |
 Sep 16 2010, 08:22 AM
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Nothing but Trouble  Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 8-June 03 From: Wakefield, MA Member No.: 800 Region Association: North East States  |
She's running fairly well, but boy do I stink by the time I get to the office. There are no visible leaks, the tank was pulled and lines replaced a couple years back so I don't think it's under there. Nothing in the tunnel. Front stinks worse than engine bay, so I'm thinking it might be the gas cap seal has finally hardened enough to not be much use anymore. Options?
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| VaccaRabite |
Sep 16 2010, 08:28 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,445 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
is your charcoal cannister hooked up?
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| EdwardBlume |
Sep 16 2010, 08:30 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California 
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Is it a fullish tank or less?
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| BCinSC |
Sep 16 2010, 08:37 AM
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Nothing but Trouble Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 8-June 03 From: Wakefield, MA Member No.: 800 Region Association: North East States |
Oh, and it's not that I filled the tank recently. In fact, the smell has gotten exponentially worse as tank has emptied. That is likely coincidence, though.
Charcoal cannister always was connected, and appears to be now, but maybe something came loose? I'll poke around some more. Is it possible to get new gas cap? Pelican shows it NLA. |
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| Tom_T |
Sep 16 2010, 11:36 AM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California
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Also check that all the vacuum lines from the canister, along the driver's rocker space to the air cleaner &fan shroud are connected & not cracked or broken. The fan pushes fresh air through the lines to the canister, which then takes the fuel fumes back into the air cleaner (maybe throttle body on some engines) to burn off in the engine. If your switched to carbs & didn't come up with a way to inject that flow into the intake stream, then you're not burning it off. Either that or a leak/disconnected line can just push the fumes into the cockpit.
And "Howdy" from another L80E 73 - 2.0 in my case, soon to be resto'd back to OE color from that in the avatar & VIN pix! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| Gint |
Sep 16 2010, 04:38 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,075 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Dude! Where'vyabeen?
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| Spoke |
Sep 16 2010, 09:04 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,984 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None
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Gotta use your nose in the fuel tank compartment.
Sniff all around the tank. Is the smell coming from the cap? Coming from the side of the tank? My fuel smell in from the tank area turned out to be a very small leak from the fuel pump under the tank. Just a drop every couple of hours caused the nastiest smells in the interior. You most likely will not find a puddle of gas (hopefully). Just a little bit of gas will smell like hell. |
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| brer |
Sep 16 2010, 09:34 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,555 Joined: 10-March 05 From: san diego Member No.: 3,736 Region Association: None |
jellied gasoline is great on toast
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| Mikey914 |
Sep 17 2010, 12:28 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,670 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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Check the lines under the fuel tank again. Just pull the inspection plate. If there's too much hose it can rub. Hopefully it's not there, but worth a check.
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| BCinSC |
Sep 20 2010, 08:15 AM
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Nothing but Trouble Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 8-June 03 From: Wakefield, MA Member No.: 800 Region Association: North East States |
Problem still exists. The irony is that there is less order when tank is near full, and wicked stinky when close to empty. That just makes no sense. It sat over the weekend under a cover and when I uncovered her this morning, it definitely stank. Let it air a few minutes to dissipate and she fired right up and got me to work (1 hr commute). Hopefully, I won't be roasted crispy like Peking Duck one of these days. I hate to have to pull tank again.
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